OHIO SIGNATURES FILED; BOTH SIDES SAY MARRIAGE AMENDMENT WILL BE ON BALLOT: From the Akron Beacon Journal

Backers of a proposal to ban gay marriage in Ohio have submitted 144,000-plus signatures in the second round of their drive to get the issue on the November ballot.

Phil Burress, head of Citizens for Community Values, said he believes his Cincinnati group has more than enough signatures. ''I am absolutely confident'' that the issue will get on the ballot, he said. ...

In the meantime, they face ing court challenges from the opposition: Cleveland-based Ohioans Protecting the Constitution.

Organizer Alan Melamed has tried to block the issue from getting to the ballot on legal concerns about the lack of a summary on the petitions. He also said his group was prevented from lodging protests about petitions at some county boards of elections.

Although some of those efforts continue, Melamed said it is almost a foregone conclusion that the issue will get on the ballot because his group is running out of legal ammunition.

''We're moving on,'' he said. ''We're about the process of defeating this amendment.''

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