Ohio GOP introduce a bill recognizing 'Natural Family Month,' excluding single parents and LGBTQ+ families

[RandySF]

Ohio state Reps. Beth Lear (R-Galena) and Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Township) have introduced House Bill 262, legislation to implement “Natural Family Month” in the state, drawing criticism for excluding single parents and LGBTQ+ families.

According to the bill’s text, the weeks from Mother’s Day (second Sunday of May) through Father’s Day (third Sunday of June) would be designated as “Natural Family Month.”

The idea of a “natural family” may have emerged from the Natural Family Foundation (NFF), an anti-same-sex marriage advocacy group that reportedly supports HB 262. According to the organization’s website, the NFF promotes the idea of a “clear male leader” within a family that comes from the family’s lineage, and that same-sex marriage goes against the institution of marriage.

In a press release, Lear argued the bill promotes marriage and families as “the cornerstone of society.”



https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/05/19/ohio-gop-introduce-a-bill-recognizing-natural-family-month-excluding-single-parents-and-lgbtq-families/

[Skittles]

1. "clear male leader"

[patricia92243]

2. How insulting. I guess because my husband deserted his family made me and my kids lepers.

[msongs]

3. same bull we just hear from that guy in ROME.....married heteros and that is all nt

[democrank]

4. Why stop there?

Perhaps current Ohio GOP leaders could take another step forward and require branding of children belonging to non-“Natural” Families.

[raccoon]

5. What a crock of shit.

My father died when me and my siblings were all under ten. My mother raised us alone.

Does that make my family lepers?

[Hope22]

6. The legislature that demands that a woman must give birth to a rapist's baby...

…refuses to recognize her or her family nine months later. Sick doesn’t even come close to defining these brainless globs of seeping puss!!!

[multigraincracker]

7. Take possession of my new home in Michigan today.

Get to look out my window and smile looking at Ohio, less than 50 yards away. 😅

[Buckeyeblue]

8. So families with adopted children wouldn't fit either

Since there is no real lineage.

[betsuni]

9. Reminds me of the George Carlin family-style restaurant joke.

Imagine nutty right-wingers celebrating Natural Family Month:

"'Family-style restaurant.' You know what that means? It means there's an argument going on at every table, two people are crying, and the eldest male is punching the women. Family style!"