State v. Miskimens

Both plaintiff, the state of Ohio, and defendants, Larry and Roberta Miskimens, have attacked all or part of R.C. 2919.22(A)1 on constitutional grounds, the defendants arguing that the statute is too vague or too broad and the plaintiff arguing that it violates either: (1) the Religious Establishment Clause or Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, or (2) the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, or (3) the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The court has also been favored with an extensive brief amicus curiae, filed by the First Church of Christ,…