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Opponents of Constitutional Changes Plan to Pray and Fast on Election Day

Election Day will also be a day of prayer and fasting for many across the commonwealth, as religious opponents of changing the state’s constitution make their case that voters should reject proposed constitutional amendment Questions 1 and 2.

The first amendment would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, and Ballot Question 2 would “remove the ban on same-sex marriage” in Virginia. The second question is legally moot right now because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision, but if the high court changed its ruling, this amendment could come into effect. A third ballot measure would restore the voting rights of felons after they complete their sentences.

“Our church will be holding a prayer service at 6 p.m. on Election Day to pray for the state of Virginia,” Pastor Ben Purves told the Daily Signal. “When we talked about that in our local pastor’s fellowship here in Prince William County, every pastor there said it was something we should do.”

For their part, Roman Catholics will host a rosary for Virginia this coming Friday at All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas to encourage voters to oppose the amendments. That service will also be livestreamed. “I’m really pleased that people have passion about this, they’re talking about this,” Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge said on the “Faith in Action” podcast. “This is great that we’re rallying together to do what is right and to do what is just.”

Purves is an organizer of the group site virginiapastors.org, which published........

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