Rowing in the Wrong Direction: Four Democrats and Four Republicans Vote for Same-Sex Marriage Mandate

COLUMBUS – Last night, eight members of Ohio’s Congressional Delegation voted in favor of a national same-sex marriage mandate. Those members, and their D.C office phone numbers are:

• Joyce Beatty (D – Columbus)

  • Office Phone: (202) 225-4324

• Shontel Brown (D – Warrensville Heights)

  • Office Phone: (202) 225-7032

• Mike Carey (R – Columbus)

  • Office Phone: (202) 225-2015

• Anthony Gonzalez (R – Rocky River)

  • Office Phone: (202) 225-3876

• David Joyce (R – Chagrin Falls)

  • Office Phone: (202) 225-5731

• Marcy Kaptur (D – Toledo)

  • Office Phone: (202) 225-4146

• Tim Ryan (D – Warren)

  • Office Phone: (202) 225-5261

• Mike Turner (R – Dayton)

  • Office Phone: (202) 225-6465

CCV encourages you to reach out to these lawmakers and express your frustration for their harmful vote. 

The following statement is from Center for Christian Virtue President Aaron Baer:

“Our political parties just don’t get it. 

“At the core of our crumbling education system, our historic national debt, our strained child welfare agencies, and our inflated prison populations are children raised with no connection to their mom or dad, or sometimes both. Instead of focusing on policies that would actually help these children, four Ohio republicans and four Ohio democrats voted for Nancy Pelosi’s political ploy.”

“We don’t need virtue signaling. We need actual virtue. 

“We all know what works best: children being raised by the man and woman that brought them into this world, who are committed to one another for a lifetime. This is why government was in the marriage business in the first place - our nation wanted to incentivize the best possible environment for children to thrive.

“The further we’ve gotten away from this beautiful model, the more children have suffered, and the more government has ballooned in its weak attempts to fix the crisis. 

“I strongly urge Senator Portman and Senator Brown to reject this backwards political stunt, and instead, look to support children and their fundamental right to know and be raised by their mom and dad. 

Center for Christian Virtue, formally known as Citizens for Community Values, led the 2004 Marriage Amendment campaign in Ohio to define marriage as only the union of one man and one woman. The amendment passed with 61% of the vote, but was overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015.

For more information, contact CCV at 513-733-5775 or info@ccv.org.

As Ohio’s largest Christian public policy organization, Center for Christian Virtue seeks the good of our neighbors by advocating for public policy that reflects the truth of the Gospel. 

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