Today and tomorrow, the Center for Christian Virtue will host a meeting with right-wing Republican figures from Columbus. The group’s two-day summit serves as a prelude to the Ohio March for Life, an annual anti-abortion demonstration held Friday at the Ohio Statehouse.
State leaders such as Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman and Attorney General Dave Yost are expected to attend the summit, as well as Kevin Roberts, leader of Project 2025, a controversial right-wing transition plan and policy manifesto for a hypothetical future Trump administration.
The religious lobbying organization is among the most well-connected in Ohio’s Republican-dominated state legislature. On issues such as reproductive rights, school vouchers and transgender issues, CCV credibly represents far-right positions.
CCV has been involved from the beginning with Republican lawmakers’ 2023 ballot proposal that would impose a 60% supermajority requirement for all future Ohio constitutional amendments. They too opposing the anti-gerrymandering amendment known as number 1 on the November ballot.
CCV accounts A must-have top as a way to bridge the alleged divide between religion and politics.
“Today,” the website says, “many Christians believe the Bible has nothing to say about cultural and political issues. They accepted the myth of the division of the sacred and secular. Others feel alone in their beliefs and forced to remain silent.”
It will be Project 2025 architect and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts delivering the event’s keynote speech. The Heritage Foundation’s transition plan has sparked as much opposition as former President Trump He publicly denied iteven though many officials in his administration helped develop the plan.
Dr. Ben Carson, who served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration, as well as the president of Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian university in Michigan, and the CEO of Babylon Bee, a conservative satirical news site, are scheduled to speak.
Ohio elected officials and lawmakers scheduled to speak include Attorney General Yost, discussing how Christians can influence the marketplace, and Senate President Huffman, who will speak alongside Hillsdale President Larry Arnn. Additionally, state Sen. Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, and state Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania, are scheduled to deliver remarks during the two-day conference.
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