OPINION:
Included on Virginia ballots in the Nov. 3 midterm elections is the question of whether to amend the Virginia Constitution to embrace same-sex marriage.
In that same proposed amendment are the words “sex” and “gender,” a subtle embrace of transgender ideology. Adoption of this amendment would make Virginia the fifth state to repeal its constitutional ban on same-sex marriage at the ballot box, while incorporating “sex” and “gender” terminology into its highest law.
Homosexuality is the death knell of a society. Genesis 19 brought God’s harshest judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah. In Romans 1, it is referred to as “vile affections.” It is condemned throughout Scripture.
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Today’s homosexuality has become inextricably intertwined with the lie of transgenderism, which opens a wide door for coed nudity and, thus, rape. Transgenderism is opposed by religious and nonreligious alike, including British atheist scientist Richard Dawkins, who called the denial of biological sex “utter nonsense.”
Opponents of traditional marriage often align themselves with gender-identity policies that raise significant concerns about privacy and safety in public spaces. This concern was highlighted in 2021 when a female student was sexually assaulted inside a Loudoun County, Virginia, high school restroom by a male classmate wearing a skirt. While an independent investigation found the assault was not directly tied to a school gender policy, the incident ignited an intense debate across the state regarding school safety, parental rights and bathroom access.
Many voters — primarily within the Democratic Party — support incorporating these expansive protections into state law. However, critics argue that rushing to embed gender identity into the state constitution ignores fundamental concerns regarding privacy, safety and religious liberty.
To put this into historical perspective, let us go back to the 1970s and the controversy over whether the Constitution should be amended to include the Equal Rights Amendment. Opponents argued, among other things, that the ERA would result in mixed-sex bathrooms.
Critics scoffed. One writer in The Christian Century said this in 1972: “The unfounded charge that separate restrooms for men and women will be eliminated by the ERA must also be laid to rest. … It is absurd to believe that courts or legislative bodies will act to establish as law a practice contrary to common sense and the commonly accepted standards of propriety.”
This absurdity is now a reality. Once a society abandons its godly moorings, as we have done, and decides to be guided by no more than the shifting winds of human opinion, there is no end or limit as to how utterly reckless, senseless, twisted and given over to the ways of hell that society becomes.
This is where Virginia is today, on the brink of this fateful Nov. 3 election.
There are the religious pretenders who would persuade us otherwise, perhaps even invoking Scripture as a justification for their LGBTQ initiatives. This should surprise no one. Various people have heralded significant moments by appealing to Scripture. In 1844, when Samuel Morse was demonstrating his telegraph invention, the first message he transmitted was “What hath God wrought?” from Numbers 23:23.
In 1883, when Harvard Law School opened its newly constructed Austin Hall, a passage from Exodus 18:20 was etched just below the roofline: “And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws.” In 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, the first men to orbit the moon, transmitted a live TV broadcast in which they read Genesis 1:1-10.
So on Nov. 3, as Virginia voters embrace LGBTQ, let us allow ourselves one last look at the Good Book.
There is a last word for us there, from the prophet Isaiah. In Isaiah 28:15, the aged prophet stands and rails against the leaders of Jerusalem with speech that could today be considered Virginia’s state motto: “We have made lies our refuge, with hell are we at agreement, and we have made lies our refuge.”
The fact that so abominable a constitutional amendment as the present one would be on the ballot in the first place is appalling. If, on Nov. 3, Virginia voters are so devil-minded as to pass it, we may expect God’s judgment.
Yes, God is patient, but his patience has limits. Given the diabolical direction of today’s Democratic decision-makers, we are close to exhausting that patience.
• Wally Kubitz is a contributor from the Centerville, Virginia, area.
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