CCV Successes

CCV’s Successes

Since 1983, Citizens for Community Values (CCV) has worked in all 88 counties in Ohio. CCV has successfully combated the sex-industry, protected children from age inappropriate material, and defended the institution of marriage.

More specifically:

CCV coordinates the Ohio Pro-Family Forum to address family issues. Since 1988, hundreds of leaders have come together on an as-needed basis to strategize and promote teamwork.

CCV led the campaign in 1993 to change the Cincinnati City Charter to prohibit City Council from passing special rights laws based on homosexuality. The voters passed the change by a 62 percent to 38 percent margin, and the ordinance was upheld unanimously by the Federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

CCV led the 2004 campaign in Ohio to protect marriage. With the help of volunteers statewide, CCV collected 557,083 signatures and changed the Ohio Constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman.

CCV wrote a law, the Community Defense Act, that forces sexually oriented businesses to close at midnight and prohibits dancers and patrons from touching each other. The law passed in 2007 by a 75 percent majority in the Ohio House and Senate and was upheld by the Federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on September 7, 2011.

CCV wrote a law to crack down on human trafficking in Ohio. A different, weaker law was passed that left out many of our suggestions. Toledo is currently the fourth largest city in the nation to foster human trafficking (sexual slavery) and has been linked to pornography and sexually oriented businesses.

Through legal, legislative and citizen action, CCV’s work has led to a hundred sex businesses closing in Ohio.

CCV has provided voter registration and voter information for more than two decades. Electing Godly men and women to office is one of the keys to CCV’s success over the years.

CCV’s Values in Action – 88 County Campaign continues. CCV has volunteers and donors in all 88 counties and we are now working to find a County Coordinator in each of the 88 counties.

CCV also has had the privilege of serving at the national level and has responded to calls for help from all 50 states. We have participated at the national level in the following ways:

In 1996, CCV launched a national campaign with other pro-family leaders to protect the institution of marriage by starting the National Campaign to Protect Marriage.

CCV was deeply involved in the Defense of Marriage Act that passed Congress in 1996 and eventually in 38 states.

CCV worked with the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) asking them to refuse ads from sexually oriented businesses nationwide. OAAA agreed, and today the vast majority of billboards across America do not accept offensive ads.

CCV, with other pro-family groups, worked with the Federal Communication Commission to enforce indecency laws on network television. This campaign resulted in an increase in fines for stations that broadcast indecency.

CCV coordinated two national pro-family groups: The National Campaign on Homosexuality and the National Campaign on Pornography. These groups have met since 1998 and continue to meet every three months in Washington D.C.

CCV fought for and continues to fight for Cable Choice. No one should be forced to pay for cable channels they don’t want.