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A pastoral letter that encourages Virginia voters to reject a pair of proposed amendments to the state constitution is going viral, with more than 200 signatures as of Tuesday morning, and more expected in the days ahead.

The letter asks Virginians to reject both Ballot Question 1, which would enshrine the right to an abortion into the state constitution, and Ballot Question 2, which would “remove the ban on same-sex marriage” in Virginia.

“We believe these two amendments must be rejected for the Commonwealth of Virginia because they will harm our state as they are opposed to human flourishing and contrary to the Word of God,” the pastors write in their open letter. “Let us seek one another’s true good and not mark our identity with the deprivations that these amendments would bring to the Constitution of Virginia.”

So far, the letter is limited to clergy. If it were available for laity to sign, one signer told the Daily Signal, it might garner thousands more signatures.

“We think it is important for pastors to speak with one voice to the state of Virginia,” Pastor Ben Purves of Occoquan Bible Church told the Daily Signal. “We’ve given our lives to care for communities in Virginia.”