Eugene Delgaudio and Virginia Pastors Sound the Alarm Over Ballot Amendments on Abortion and Marriage
EUGENE DELGAUDIO , PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCATE, SAYS " VOTE NO ON QUESTIONS 1 AND 2 IN VIRGINIA ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL."
When voters go to the polls in Virginia this November, they'll face three ballot questions that seek to amend the state's constitution. Two of them revolve around crucial worldview and family issues.
The left is pushing for "yes" votes on these questions, of course. And the wording of the ballot questions contains the type of phrasing that the left loves to use to make their positions seem reasonable and normal.
Question 1 centers on a "right to reproductive freedom." Naturally, you and I read that to mean unfettered abortion, but the question tries to sound as anodyne as possible:
Question 2 is another ballot referendum that sounds deceptively non-threatening. It reads, "Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to (i) remove the ban on same-sex marriage; (ii) affirm that two adults may marry regardless of sex, gender, or race; and (iii) require all legally valid marriages to be treated equally under the law?"
You're probably thinking that this is a moot point in a post-Obergefell society, but the left has tried to fearmonger about a Dobbs-style movement to overturn Obergefell. Don't overlook that the question also addresses race; that's another fearmongering tactic. Leftists want their fellow travelers to think that conservatives are going to try to overturn Loving v. Virginia at some point.
A group called Pastors of Virginia has released an open letter asking Virginia voters to vote no on Questions 1 and 2. The signatories state in the opening paragraphs: "As citizens of Virginia, we are under moral obligation to vote for the good of our Commonwealth. Truly, this is what commonwealth means, for we are bound together here for one another's common good. Let us seek one another's true good and not mark our identity with the deprivations that these amendments would bring to the Constitution of Virginia."



