Our Thesis on Bob McDonnell? That's Easy - He's Anti-Choice

Kristin Koch is the Deputy Director for Online Communications at NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Who would have thought that a master's thesis could be so provocative?

Well, the thesis that anti-choice Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Bob McDonnell wrote to get a master's degree at Pat Robertson's university makes readers feel like they're on Leave it to Beaver.

Let's start with the original Washington Post story to get everyone on the same page, shall we:

At age 34, two years before his first election and two decades before he would run for governor of Virginia, Robert F. McDonnell submitted a master's thesis to the evangelical school he was attending in Virginia Beach in which he described working women and feminists as "detrimental" to the family. He said government policy should favor married couples over "cohabitators, homosexuals or fornicators." He described as "illogical" a 1972 Supreme Court decision legalizing the use of contraception by unmarried couples.

Of course, Bob McDonnell, who has been campaigning as a moderate, wants voters to forget this 93-page tirade he wrote at age 34. But he's finding out that it's hard to focus on jobs when he's voted against equal pay.

Let's give props to NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia. They have been telling the truth about the former attorney general and state legislator's record of votes against women's equality and freedom, which is long... probably longer than his thesis, if that's possible.

Fortunately, McDonnell's opponent is pro-choice state Sen. Creigh Deeds, whom NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia has endorsed.

The Deeds campaign hasn't missed a beat. Check out his latest campaign ad (this is one to post to your Facebook page, it's so good):

So, voters in the Old Dominion have a pro-choice alternative, and NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia has even more to share with the public about McDonnell's extreme record.