Two weeks ago, The Wanderer praised Virginia Bishops Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington and Barry C. Knestout of Richmond for their courageous call to arms to the faithful regarding the midterm elections this fall. They asked that their message be read at every Mass celebrated in Virginia on the weekend of Sept. 13.

“All of us in the Commonwealth of Virginia will soon face very serious legal threats to the sacredness of human life and the sanctity of marriage,” Bishop Burbidge wrote, after Virginia Democrats had succeeded in placing two proposed amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth, one legalizing abortion up to birth and the other allowing “marriage” to apply legally to just about anything, on the November ballot.

For the next six weeks, Virginians will fight the battle that our nation fought ever since Roe v. Wade was decided 53 years ago, and Bishop Burbidge knows that it’s a.