Project 2025 Architect Visits Ohio for Center for Christian Virtue Summit • Ohio Capital Journal

The summit is expected to include state leaders including Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman and Attorney General Dave Yost, as well as Kevin Roberts, the head of Project 2025, a controversial right-wing transition plan and policy manifesto for a hypothetical future Trump administration.

The religious lobbying organization is one of the best-connected in the Republican-dominated Ohio state legislature. On issues such as reproductive rights, school vouchers, and transgender issues, CCV has reliably represented far-right positions.

CCV was involved from the outset in the Republican legislature's 2023 ballot proposal, which required a 60% supermajority pass requirement for all future Ohio constitutional amendments. They also oppose the anti-gerrymandering amendment known as Issue 1 on the ballot this November.

CCV sees the Essential Summit as a way to bridge a perceived gap between religion and politics.

“Today,” the website says, “many Christians believe that the Bible has nothing to say about cultural and political issues.” They have accepted the myth of the divide between the sacred and the secular. Others feel isolated in their beliefs and forced to remain silent.”

Project 2025 architect and Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts will deliver the event's keynote address. The Heritage Foundation's transition plan generated so much opposition that former President Trump publicly disavowed it, even though various officials in his administration helped develop the plan.

Dr. Ben Carson, who served as Housing and Urban Development secretary during the Trump administration, will speak, as will the president of Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian university in Michigan, and the CEO of Babylon Bee, a conservative satirical news site.

Ohio elected officials and lawmakers scheduled to speak include Attorney General Yost, who will speak about how Christians can influence the market, and Senate President Huffman, who will speak along with Hillsdale President Larry Arnn. Additionally, speeches from state Sen. Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, and state Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania, are scheduled during the two-day conference.

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