So the Virginia State General Election is only a month away. This week is the deadline to register to vote for this election (so if you are not registered, register right now). It is astonishing to me that Jerry “the crook” Kilgore has been able to keep up with Tim Kaine this long. In any sane state, the crook would have fallen behind the excellent candidate months ago, but not in Virginia… sigh. Please go vote! Turnout is usually low for state office elections, so your vote counts for more this year than in a national election as it is compared to fewer other votes.The Kilgore campaign is afraid to debate. They know their candidate will be exposed as an unacceptable extremist, so they have only allowed debates that are out of state (the first debate was in West Virginia, and video cameras were not allowed) or restricted to remote areas where the video of the debate is prohibited from being published or broadcast over a wide area. Jerry knows he can’t stand up to the reason and maturity of Tim Kaine, so he simply is not allowing the voters to see the two of them side by side.
If you do not think state officials have an impact in your lives, check out HB 1807 (Creates a Class 6 felony for providing a minor with a contraceptive or contraceptive device if the person knows or has reason to believe that the minor is engaging in sexual relations with a person three or more years older than the minor). This bill would make it a felony for my brother to provide his teen aged daughter condoms if she is dating twenty something boyfriend. Think about that.
No, really, think about that for a minute. If your teenaged daughter was dating a 22 year old boyfriend, wouldn’t you want them to have birth control available? How are they going to get it without your consent and help? Our state already makes it difficult for teenagers to get birth control. The only reason I bring up my brother and niece is because my neice at 16 was dating a 20 year old. A felony? Please go vote some sanity into the house of delegates. Vote this November 8th, and get the patron of HB 1807, and all his “yea” voting companions out of our lives.
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