OHIO RATIFIES 14TH AMENDMENT--Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, left, certifies passage of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, while sponsor Sen. Mark Mallory, D-Cincinnati, looks on, during the formal ceremony transmitting the joint legislative resolution to the to the National Archives, which will be officially recorded in the federal registry, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. Also seen are Gov. Bob Taft, left, and Houe Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

OHIO RATIFIES 14TH AMENDMENT--Sen. Mark Mallory, D-Cincinnati, gestures as he makes closing remarks during 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. Also seen are Gov. Bob Taft, left, and Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

OHIO RATIFIES 14TH AMENDMENT--Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, right, gives Gov. Bob Taft a ceritfied legislative resolution, which would be passed on the federal government certifying Ohio's passage of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, during the formal ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

OHIO RATIFIES 14TH AMENDMENT--Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, left, acknowledges law students from the Urban Justice Institute at the University of Cincinnati, who's research was responsable for the state's passage of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. U.C. students seen, from left are: Dan Dodd, Robert Baker, Rebecca Klein and Jack Simms. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

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)