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2 Virginia Amendments Spark a Fight Over Life and Marriage

Catholics are urging Virginia voters to reject two constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage.

The abortion amendment overrides parental-consent protections and create conflicts for pro-life doctors and pregnancy centers.

Church leaders call the measures a threat to Virginia’s longstanding tradition of religious freedom.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Virginia Catholics are being urged to defeat two constitutional amendments on this year’s ballot that church leaders say would expand abortion, redefine marriage, and undermine religious liberty.

At a forum Tuesday night at the Basilica of St. Mary, Catholic leaders warned that the measures would have far-reaching consequences across the commonwealth.

The statewide ballot includes questions on abortion, marriage, and voting rights, although Tuesday’s event focused on the first two. The abortion question would vastly expand abortion access, while the marriage question would change Virginia’s current definition of marriage.

In the weeks leading up to the start of early voting on Sept. 18, Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington launched a “Catholics Vote No” campaign opposing the first two amendments. Both are at odds with church teaching on abortion and marriage.

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At the event, titled “Saving the Soul of Virginia,” Amy McInerny, director of the diocese’s Respect Life Office, joined Ferguson, pastor of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Alexandria, and Mary Margaret Bush, a Catholic parishioner and religious-liberty attorney. (Click here to listen to a recording of the event.)

McInerny described the election as a defining moment for the commonwealth.

“This is a generational vote because of the two amendments that are in front of voters,” she said. “We do have a moment here where we........

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