Lesser Magistrate Day:
April 19, 2023
April 19, 2023 will be the 243rd anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord which kicked off the American Revolution. In defiance of the British Crown's appointed representative, Governor General Thomas Gage, local magistrates and local militias refused to hand over their stockpiled weapons and munitions and instead used those arms in combat against the British soldiers attempting to confiscate them. This is an excellent example in American History of the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates put into action.
Romans 13 and the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrate
by Pastor Matt Trewhella
The Doctrine applied today to abortion:
- Magistrates (governors, mayors, county boards, sheriffs and police officers) should refrain from arresting and prosecuting rescuers who interpose inside abortion clinics.
- Magistrates (governors, mayors, county boards, sheriffs and police officers) should enforce the anti-abortion 5th and 14th Amendments to the US Constitution and any state or local laws that prohibit murder by arresting and prosecuting abortion clinic staff and anyone who is known to have killed or intends to kill their own preborn child.
As April 19th (Lesser Magistrate Day) approaches, this page and the Abolish Abortion Virginia Facebook page will increasingly share information about, history of, and application of the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrate as we fight for the abolition of abortion in Virginia.