Jerry Falwell Jr. is urging disgruntled conservative counties in Virginia to secede from their state and hop on over to West Virginia where Democrats aren’t in charge and they can be more homophobic.
Fallwell has teamed up with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who is currently running for reelection, to encourage their fellow homophobes to participate in a mass exodus.
The call comes after Democrats took full control of the Virginia statehouse last November, pledging to enact gun control measures, roll back abortion restrictions, and prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people.
“What’s happening in Virginia right now is a tragedy in the making,” Falwell said at a press conference this week. “Democratic leaders in Richmond, through their elitism and radicalism, have left a nearly unrecognizable state in their wake.”
“They are using their power to strip away the God-given rights held by every person in the state, despite their due protections under the U.S. Constitution.”
Added Justice, “If you’re not truly happy where you are, we stand with open arms to take you from Virginia or anywhere where you may be!”
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They are calling the proposed movement “Vexit,” and lawmakers in West Virginia have already begun drafting up formal resolutions to try and make it happen.
“We saw their way of life under attack and we wanted to offer assistance,” says Del. Gary Howell, a West Virginia Republican who sponsored one of the resolutions.
Conservative activist Rick Boyer says he will do everything he can to help make “Vexit” happen. He believes there is a growing number of conservative Virginians who are “serious” about leaving the state that doesn’t “respect their rights.”
“This isn’t street theater,” Boyer insists. “We fully intend to do everything we can to see it through.”
When asked for comment on the matter, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, had only this to say: “As always, Jerry Falwell’s words speak for themselves.”
Of course, nobody seems to be asking the most obvious question here, which is: What happens if Vexit actually happens but then Democrats take full control of the West Virginia statehouse, too?
Crazier things have happened.
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Cam
Republicans are all about convincing people that it’s ok if they are broke because Republican leaders steal the money….as long as they hate minorities and LGBT people.
Virginia is a very wealthy state, with some of the wealthiest counties in the country. West Virginia is one of the poorest. Virginia fully funds infrastructure and has some of the best schools in the nation, while West Virginia……doesn’t.
So if the homophobes want to try to move, well then they’re welcome to terrible roads, bad schools and being a part of the state with the largest meth problem in the country. Have fun!
spunkfunker
This happened once before, that’s how we got West Virginia! So I guess this new state will be East-West Virginia? Guess Futurama was right all those years ago!
Jenniferp412
There will be no gay people born in 50 years. As the United States gets more crazy liberals in charge and as medical technology grows, all babies that will have the gay gene will just be aborted. The democrats do not give a shit about gay people and they try to say all conservatives are religions freaks it not true. As a percentage more black babies are aborted than white babies. Why, because democrats to not want blacks to take over their party. Problem is blacks have figured out that voting for democrats has not done shit for them in 40 years. Hopefully, all gays will figures this out before it is too late.
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Tin foil hat much?
Scribe38
Please take your meds.
Kangol2
You sound utterly deranged. Turn off InfoWars and FoxNews, and get psychological help, pronto!
Hdtex
Jennifer dear, do your attendants know you’ve chewed through the restraints again? You’re making a compelling case for very late term abortions. Please get spayed.
scotshot
@Jenniferp412
Here’s another one spewing out tired.
BCbreeze
Again, you don’t know what you are talking about. Spin it any way that make you look good.
Harley
There must be a lot of pool boys in West Virginia that need help with opening gay bath houses.
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Any day the pictures/video of her and one of her tricks will emerge. Watching this vile abhorrent noxious puddle of puke crying and begging for forgiveness is gonna be pure joy to watch…
Jack Meoff
I guess it didn’t occur to them that they could just pack up and move to WV, that would be too easy and rob them of the opportunity to have their little public hissy fit.
Kangol2
Why are conservatives and right-wingers so fragile and whiny? When they ran Virginia they were already whining nonstop, and now that they’ve lost control of the statehouse and governorship, they want to flee. Grow the f*** up, deal with having another party in charge, and if you want to regain power, follow the law and convince more people to join your side.
West Virginia is in bad shape on multiple levels, and it’s unlikely most of Virginia, a wealthy, prosperous and increasingly purple state, wants to be part of its poorer neighbor, but hey, let’s try this: we’ll get DC as a state and the Christianist right-wingers can add a tiny state of the exact same size,, calling it East-West Virginia, or Robert E. Lee, or even Pool Boy after Falwell Jr’s guy pal.
Me2
What happens when they procreate and gay children are inevitably born into their population. These idiots don’t understand that no amount of segregation will ever get rid of gays. They may slow the progress of LGBT advancements, but eventually the gays would be among them, demanding to be treated as equals.