Bills pending in Ohio

House Bill No. 515
A bill to amend sections 3107.03 and 5103.03 of the Revised Code to prohibit an adoptive or foster child from being placed in the private residence of a homosexual, bisexual, or transgender person.
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(B) An individual may not adopt if the court in which the petition for adoption is filed determines that any of the following apply:

(1) The individual is a homosexual, bisexual, or transgender individual.

(2) The individual is a step-parent of the child to be adopted and is a homosexual, bisexual, or transgender individual.

(3) The individual resides with an individual who the court determines is a homosexual, bisexual, or transgender individual.

I believe we are now actually traveling back in time in Ohio. Of course, given that the voters approved a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage in this state, I suppose we should have known this would be next.

Here's to hoping this doesn't pass.

Start writing to (or calling) your representatives now. It hasn't been assigned to committee yet, but once it has, email/call all those reps, too.

House Bill No. 460
A bill to enact section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code to authorize public and nonpublic schools to offer a course in firearm safety and marksmanship.
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(A) The board of education of a school district... may offer as an elective course a one-semester course in firearm safety and marksmanship...

(B) The course of instruction... shall include at least the following:

(7) Practice time at a shooting range;

(8) Demonstration of competence with a firearm.

(C) A school district... shall arrange for adequate shooting range time by pupils ...

(D) To satisfactorily complete the Ohio gun safety program course, a pupil... must demonstrate the ability to discharge a firearm safely.

I'm not even sure what to say about this one. We don't want kids bringing guns to school or otherwise messing around with them; however, we're good with using part of the school day teaching kids to use them!

This way the kids in the gangs [Yes, we have gangs in Ohio! We actually have a fair amount of gang activity in Ohio...] will have even better aim when they're trying to take out rival gang members.

Yeah, that's a grand idea.

Again with the emailing and calling. This one has been assigned to committee, so write to the members of the House Education Committee.