Union May Become Same-Sex Marriage

It’s not a same-sex marriage, yet. But a judge issued a marriage license Monday to a man who plans a sex-change operation after he weds a lesbian.

Since Ohio law specifies marriage as a partnership between a man and a woman, Lake County Probate Judge Fred V. Skok asked for a doctor’s note specifying that Paul Smith of Willoughby still has male sex organs. Smith agreed to the request and got the license to marry Debi Easterday of Medina, said Smith’s attorney.

Smith dresses in women’s clothes, except for work.