Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican and the state’s current lieutenant governor, released a new ad Tuesday attacking her Democratic opponent Rep. Abigail Spanberger for asserting that the LGBTQ+ community deserves human rights.
The entire ad focuses on Spanberger’s past support for transgender rights and falsely accuses the Democrat of wanting men—including sex offenders—to use women’s bathrooms. The ad goes on to quote Spanberger saying that “our LGBTQ neighbors have the same legal rights as anyone else,” casting the statement as part of the left’s “insane” belief system.
But Spanberger’s statement is a bedrock foundation of U.S. law and tradition.
The Declaration of Independence clearly notes in its preamble that “all men are created equal, that they are