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‘This is just indoctrinating.’ Ohio Senate approves bill to allow public schools to display Ten Commandments

All but one of the Senate Republicans voted to move the bill forward to the Ohio House.

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Ohio House Education Committee holds first hearing for bill to allow chaplains in public schools

The bill does not define what the chaplains would be doing in schools; Republican sponsors said it is up individual school districts.

Ohio Republicans introduce bill to allow chaplains in public schools to provide undefined ‘support, services and programs’

The new legislation is similar to a 2023 bill that never received a hearing

Archdiocese of Cincinnati welcomes LGBTQ+ affirming Girl Scouts back to Catholic schools … with conditions

Previous bishop told the Scouts to leave, disband or join a Christian group because of LGBTQ+-welcoming views.

Ohio’s ‘Natural Family Month’ proponents claim heterosexual couples are ‘under attack’

In third hearing, 'opting out' of Mother's Day emails is called a threat, and Ohio without the bill is compared to Communist Cuba.

Ohio Republicans just introduced a bill to insert Christianity into public schools. LGBTQ+ communities should be alarmed.

'HB 486 whitewashes history and leaves out queer communities and other faiths.'

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Anti-yoga Ohio pastors send letter to Kroger CEO decrying LGBTQ+ support

No downward dog in schools, and no ‘woke’ groceries.

A husband and wife sit down at a kitchen table and flip through their marriage album.
“Better Together”: How an Ohio couple overcame struggles and found strength in a mixed-orientation marriage

An Ohio husband and pastor came out as gay to his straight wife. Today, they are together and stronger in their rainbow family.

‘Who am I to judge?’ Pope Francis will be remembered for his response when asked about the LGBTQ+ community

Pope Francis acknowledged that the institutional Catholic Church owed an apology to the LGBTQ+ community.

After community pushback, rural Ohio fairgrounds cancels conversion therapy event

The Mercer County Fairgrounds will no longer rent space to a "conference” featuring an out-of-state ex-gay conversion therapy advocate.

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