Two mothers in Virginia are furious after finding out that a local conservative politician told their daughter she needed a father.
Evelyn and Heidi BruMar say that Jeanine Lawson made the comments to their 15-year-old adopted daughter Rose, and are demanding an apology.
Lawson has been the Brentsville District Supervisor on the Prince William County Government since 2014.
As well as having held elected positions in the Republican party she is a proud supporter of the Family Foundation, a pro-life, anti-gay-marriage organisation.
The BruMars told PinkNews that Rose was handing out sample ballots for the Democrat party outside a polling station on November 7 when she met Lawson.
Lawson was at the polling station that day supporting Republican candidate Bob Marshall, the politician known for the controversial “bathroom bill.”
Upon finding out that Rose had two mothers, Lawson allegedly told her that she “deserved a mother and father in a biblical sense.”
“It’s very disrespectful, she devalued our family,” Evelyn said.
“Words matter to children, behaviour matters to children, setting an example matters to children.”
Rose was fostered by the BruMars for years, until four years ago they were able to adopt here.
Evelyn says Lawson’s hypocrisy is clear in the way she devalues their parenting, despite the fact that Rose’s “biological family ‘in the biblical sense’ were the ones who abused her.”
When asked by Inside Nova, Lawson did not deny making the comments, but insists that it was a “pleasant and civil” conversation, not a malicious one.
“She told me things about her family life, and I told her in a very polite way, I said I believe children deserve a mother and a father. It was not a debate about anything.”
Evelyn said when she arrived at the polling station to pick Rose up, it was to find Jeanine, and three other women who were campaigners for the Republican candidate, arguing with her daughter about abortion.
“My daughter was cornered, and surrounded by four women, and I could hear yelling. One of the women yelled ‘that’s some liberal bullshit!’ to my daughter,” Evelyn told PinkNews.
“She [Rose] was alone, and these women pounced on her.”
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