Mahoning Valley Stonewall Democrats’ Club
Voter Guide
Where They Stand
On Important LGBT Issues:
EHEA-Equal Housing & Employment for LGBT failed to pass in Ohio.
ENDA-Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act protects LGBT workers.
Religious Freedom Restoration Act-Allows discrimination by businesses because you are LGBT. Pending in Ohio legislature since 2013.
First Amendment Defense Act: Prohibits the government from punishing anyone who discriminates against anyone based on religious or moral conviction that marriage is between one man and one woman or that sexual relations are reserved to such marriage.
DOMA-Federal Defense Of Marriage Act which banned marriage equality. Was declared
unconstitutional and is no longer the law.
US President
Supports Marriage Equality and will appoint Supreme Court Judges who support equality.
Opposes Religious Freedom Act
which allows discrimination against LGBT.
Secretary Clinton stood before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva and told the world’s leaders, “gay rights are human rights”
Banned employment discrimination of LGBT as Secretary Of State.
Clinton Foundation supports AIDS patients worldwide.
Republican Donald Trump
Trump will appoint Supreme Court Judges to end marriage equality.
Trump pledged to sign federal First Amendment Defense Act to allow LGBT discrimination.
Running mate Mike Pence signed anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Act in Indiana. Pence opposed Matthew Sheppard hate crimes Bill and the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’. He supported offsetting funding for HIV prevention with funding for the abusive practice of so-called “conversion therapy.” Supports constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality in the US. Signed a bill to jail gay couples who applied for marriage licenses.
US Senate
Democrat Ted Strickland
Prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in State government as Governor.
Supported the EHEA.
Appointed first openly gay cabinet director in Ohio & first openly gay judges.
Supports marriage equality
Republican Portman
Voted for DOMA federal ban on LGBT marriage.
Voted against ENDA.
Supports Religious Freedom Discrimination Bill.
Promoted Issue 1 banning gay marriage in Ohio.
Recently changed his stance to support marriage equality.
US Representative 6th District
Democrat Michael L. Lorentz
Supports Marriage equality
REPUBLICAN Bill Johnson opposes marriage equality and supports Religious Freedom Act. Voted to ban
Pres. Obama from opposing DOMA in court. Co-sponsor of First Amendment Defense Act.
US Representative 14th District
Supports marriage equality
REPUBLICAN
Dave Joyce opposes marriage equality and voted No on ENDA in HR 4974. Co-sponsor of First Amendment Defense Act.US Representative 13th District
( Youngstown, Warren, Akron )
Democrat Tim Ryan
Co-Sponsor ENDA & Student Non-Discrimination Act
REPUBLICAN Richard Morckel Supports Religious Freedom Act to allow LGBT discrimination.
Ohio Senate 33rd District
Democrat Sean O’Brien
Supports EHEA
Opposes Religious Freedom Act
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REPUBLICAN Robert Allen Supports Religious Freedom Act with LGBT discrimination.
Ohio House 58th District
( Youngstown)
Democrat
Supported EHEA
and marriage equality
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REPUBLICAN Corrine L. Sanderson opposes both
Ohio House 59th District
(Austintown, Boardman, Canfield, Poland)
Democrat John Boccieri
Was a co-sponsor of EHEA in Ohio
For Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act
Co-Sponsor ENDA
Voted to end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
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REPUBLICAN Don Manning opposed marriage equality
Ohio House 63rd District
( Warren )
Democrat Michael O’Brien
Opposes Religious Freedom Act
Supports EHEA
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REPUBLICAN Richard Hlaudy opposes marriage equality
Ohio House 64th District
(Niles, Newton Falls, Girard, Hubbard, Lordstown)
Democrat Glenn W. Holmes
Supports marriage equality
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REPUBLICAN Devon A. Stanley
Opposes marriage equality
