Just Say No. HELL No.
While Virginia voters have been buried under a tsunami of congressional campaign materials, less attention has been given to the three referendum questions on the ballot that - if approved - would sully Virginia’s beautiful Constitution.
Unless, of course, you think that enshrining baby killing and gender b.s. is just what that document needs.
I’m voting NO on all three measures.
If you respect this living document and don’t want to turn our great commonwealth into a repugnant abortion and gender reassignment destination and if you believe violent, unrepentant criminals should not automatically be turned loose on our ballot boxes, join me in rejecting these far-left questions.
Question 1: Abortion with no restrictions.
Frankly, it is offensive to even consider including the murder of unborn babies in our Constitution, which should be there to protect life from the machinations of government. But abortion enthusiasts euphemistically call this “reproductive care” as they pretend to be afraid that those of us who oppose the ghoulish practice will someday outlaw abortion.
Dare to dream. That isn’t happening.
As a practical matter this appalling change to the constitution would do several things:
First, it would allow minors to access abortions without parental or guardian consent. That alone should sink this cynical amendment.
It could would also lead to the denial of healthcare for any infant born alive after an attempted abortion by healthcare providers. Former Gov. Ralph Northam cooly explained this method of infanticide, sickening normal people. The Constitution should not protect doctors of a similar persuasion.
Another concern is the loss of third-trimester safeguards. Current Virginia law permits a third-trimester abortion only when three physicians certify in a hospital that continuing the pregnancy “is likely to result in the death of the woman or substantially and irremediably impair the mental or physical health of the woman.” This constitutional amendment would remove those safeguards and would let a single physician decide, with no requirement that the harm to the woman be serious, lasting, or confirmed by a second medical opinion.
A mother carrying a healthy, viable baby in her third trimester could convince her physician that the pregnancy was causing extreme anxiety and if that physician decides an abortion is warranted, the killing of the child would be legal at any point before birth. Need I go into the repulsive details of late-term abortions?
The amendment also bars Virginia from penalizing or prosecuting anyone who aids or assists with an abortion. If an abortion clinic ignores safety standards and a mother is injured or killed, the state could not discipline or prosecute the individuals responsible.
Sound good to you? I didn’t think so. Vote NO.
Question 2: Same-sex marriage.
The amendment would remove the 2006 prohibition on marriages between persons of the same sex from the Virginia Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
That should happen, since that prohibition is unconstitutional and moot. The US Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that same-sex marriage is protected by the U.S. Constitution and that’s the end of it.
Lefties want you to think that the Supreme Court decision is in danger - it’s not - and that if it were overturned, Virginians would vote to outlaw same-sex marriage.
Trouble is, far-leftists want to do more than delete a bad amendment. They want to replace it with one that requires the state to recognize and treat equally under the law any lawful marriage between two adults, regardless of the sex, gender or race of either person. The proposed amendment would prohibit the state from denying a marriage license to two adults because of their sex, gender or race.
Why did they include race in the amendment? Because that’s what Dems do, toss race into everything. Loving v Virginia was decided in 1967, striking down laws that forbid interracial marriage.
Question 3:
The automatic restoration of rights to felons who are released from prison is a truly insane idea. Under current Virginia law, felons can be considered for restoration of rights on an individual basis. Gov. Abigail Spanberger and her Secretary of the Commonwealth Candi Mundon King are clearly violating that. In the past week we’ve learned that these two Democrats restored the voting rights of “Betty No Last Name,” a dead person and a beagle name “Biscuit Rigsby.”
They’re playing sick games in Richmond and must be stopped.
Here are the reasons the law should not be changed. These are not my words, but Democrat strategist Paul Goldman’s in a piece he wrote last month:
Society should give people a second chance if this is a reasonable possibility. This is a good societal value. But should we feel compassion for an unrepentant rapist or violent predator who essentially gives a victim a life sentence?
There are about 4500 inmates convicted of felonies involving sex crimes in our state prisons. Why should they automatically get back their rights when they’ve inflicted a lifetime of mental torture on their victims? More to the point: why does my believing this make me some kind of racist? There is absolutely nothing wrong or racist in requiring a violent felon to show some level of contrition getting back his rights.
Protect Virginia’s constitution. Vote NO on all three referendum questions.
