What CCV believes, and what it has done
The family is the fundamental building block of a healthy society, divine in design and essential for human prosperity. Center for Christian Virtue affirms marriage as a holy, lifelong covenant exclusively between one man and one woman.
Safeguarding Parents’ Rights
CCV heavily endorsed and helped pass Ohio’s HB 8, a landmark law allowing parents to opt their children out of sexuality content and requiring schools to notify parents about their child’s health and gender identity.
Defending the Nuclear Family in Policy
CCV has consistently lobbied against state and local legislation that penalizes the traditional family unit, fighting to eliminate state-funded domestic partnership expansions.
Advocating for the Success Sequence
CCV successfully advocated for every child in Ohio public schools to be taught “the Success Sequence” — the research-based path that shows the surest path to avoiding poverty is graduating high school, getting a job, and getting married before having children.
Revealing the Strength of the Family
In partnership with the Institute for Family Studies, CCV releases the annual Family Structure Index, a nationwide report measuring the health, strength, and stability of American families across all 50 states.
Promoting Marriage Between a Man and a Woman
Spearheaded by former CCV President Phil Burress, CCV successfully led the 2004 campaign to pass a state constitutional amendment defining marriage exclusively as between one man and one woman.
Where the law stands in Ohio.
CCV tracks every bill that touches this issue as it moves: through committee, onto the floor and to the governor’s desk. Featured Ohio bills live in the For Buckeyes area, and older Ohio content on this issue stays searchable in the archive.
CCV supported the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act through the Ohio Senate in 2025.
Ohio is our proving ground, but America is our mission.
CCV builds, tests and wins state-level battles at home, then scales what works, exporting successful models and deploying resources to state-based allies across the country.
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