Ohio State Housing Unit Now Bars Gay Couples

COLUMBUS, Ohio —  The head of Ohio State University has changed his mind about allowing homosexual couples to live in a family housing complex but says he hopes gay rights issues will continue to be discussed.

President Gordon Gee said in April that apartments at Buckeye Village would accept homosexual couples to conform to OSU’s policy against discrimination. Buckeye Village currently is open only to heterosexual married students and single students with children.

But some tenants and a state lawmaker opposed the move, and the university postponed any action while it discussed the proposal.