OHIO RATIFIES 14TH AMENDMENT--Sen. Mark Mallory, D-Cincinnati, right, share a laugh with Rep. Gary Cates, R-West Chester, center, and House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, following a ceremony that formally transmitted the state's ratification of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to the federal government, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. Ohio had been the only remaining state on record in opposition to this amendment, which guarantees the equal protection and due process of the law to all citizens. Sen. Mallory sponsored the resolution in the Senate and Rep. Cates carried it in the House. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)