Ohio Republicans introduce ‘Natural Family Month’ bill, excluding LGBTQ families
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More than two dozen Ohio lawmakers are supporting a bill that would designate the weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day “Natural Family Month.” Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Though the bill, introduced by Republican state Reps. Josh Williams and Beth Lear, doesn’t define “natural family” in its text, critics say it is intended to exclude LGBTQ families and promote marriage and childrearing between heterosexual, monogamous couples only.
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Main Idea: Ohio House Republicans Josh Williams and Beth Lear introduced a bill to make the weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day “Natural Family Month,” a move critics say excludes LGBTQ families.
Key Points:
- The bill does not define “natural family,” but Williams said it means “a man, a woman, and their children.”
- Williams said the goal is to support marriage, childrearing, and higher birth rates.
- Critics, including LGBTQ advocates, called the proposal harmful and a form of erasure of single parents, adoptive parents, and LGBTQ families.
- The bill has 26 other Republican co-sponsors, and it comes as Ohio has recently passed other laws affecting LGBTQ people.
Impact on the People
Negative Impact
Ohio lawmakers backing this bill could make LGBTQ families, single parents, and adoptive families feel excluded and could widen social division.
Positive Impact
The bill may give some voters and lawmakers a symbolic push for marriage and child-rearing policies that support birth rates.
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Co-introduced the bill and is a central Ohio lawmaker quoted explaining its intent.
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Co-introduced the Ohio “Natural Family Month” bill and is the main public defender of its purpose.
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Major LGBTQ advocacy group responding to the bill and criticizing its effect on families.
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Conservative advocacy group reported as lobbying for the bill and tied to its underlying ideology.
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The state whose lawmakers introduced the bill and whose policy climate is central to the story.
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