The bill, SB 104, requires schools to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations for separate males and females. It applies to grades K-12 as well as to colleges and universities.
Gov. DeWine, a Republican, is expected to sign the bill as early as this week after he vetoed a previous transgender-related bill, called the SAFE Act, almost a year ago.
David Mahan, policy director for the Center for Christian Virtue, tells AFN the previous bill would have banned transgender surgery for minors and would have protected women-only sports. So the Governor’s promise to sign this bill is “exciting” for CCV, he says, after the group witnessed the Republican leader veto the previous one.
Mahan points AFN to an Ohio poll, conducted in October, that showed overwhelming public support for the previous bill DeWine vetoed and for the new one he is expected to sign.
Approximately 66% oppose transgenders using an opposite-sex restroom, and three-fourths oppose allowing them on an opposite-sex sports team, Cleveland.com reported just two months ago.
The poll, done by Baldwin Wallace University, surveyed 877 registered voters.
According to the Clevland.com story, published before the election, TV ads were ripping Sen. Sherrod Brown for his stance on transgenders and women's sports. Brown's challenger, Bernie Moreno (pictured above), would go on to defeat Brown and flip the seat for Republicans.
"The overwhelming majority of Ohio, as well as the nation, is saying that enough is enough with gender ideology,” Mahan insists.
