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Virginia\u2019s Fairfax County voted<\/a> to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31.<\/p>\n Easter falls on March 31 this year.<\/p>\n The Fairfax Board of Supervisors voted 9-0 on the move.<\/p>\n Jeff McKay, the County Board Chairman, said the decision is a \u201cmoral responsibility to stand up for all people, not just the people we like or the people we agree with.\u201d<\/p>\n Fairfax County residents were displeased with the proclamation. Fairfax chapter leader of the nonprofit organization Independent Women\u2019s Network Stephanie Lundquist-Arora described the vote as \u201creprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBy voting to make Easter this year Transgender Visibility Day, they are intentionally trying to offend Christians on the holiest of days by forcing gender ideology down their throats,\u201d Lundquist-Arora said. \u201cThis is reprehensible and unbecoming of our elected representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n Lundquist-Arora wrote in the Washington Examiner<\/a> that the vote sent a message to Christians that they \u201cdo not matter as they turn one of their holiest days into a celebration of an ideology that undermines the church\u2019s core convictions.\u201d<\/p>\n