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Originally Posted by redwitch

So, if you are pro-human rights, equality and all that other liberal bullcarp, your decisions are based on emotion rather than logic? Sorry, I've heard too many vote for either side because "if it was good enough for my father, it's good enough for me;" "I always vote the party ticket;" and so on and so forth. People rarely vote logically. If they did, history would be far different. We would have had no Truman, Eisenhower would never have been elected and who in their right mind votes in an actor whose only qualification was being head of an actors' union as governor of the wealthiest state in the Union at that time, let alone elect him president to give a few examples.

Using the criteria given by the OP, no one pro gay rights should vote tomorrow. Nor should a single mother unless, of course, she plans to get married in the near future, I guess. You definitely should have the "America love it or leave it" sentimentality of the protest era. Only those with the middle class values of the fifties should vote.

According to TedQ, if you can't be logical in making selections, you probably shouldn't vote, either.

Between you two, not many folks would be allowed to vote regardless of eligibility, the Constitution would truly be just a piece of paper, the Bill of Rights irrelevant and every military individual who died fighting to maintain freedom here and abroad may just as well have committed suicide and saved the expense of training, etc.

The right to vote is given to American citizens who are non-felons. Other criteria such as having to be a white male, a landowner or even literate was declared unconstitutional a long time ago. It is okay to vote illogically or emotionally. It is okay to vote even if you don't have the same viewpoints as your neighbor. It is even okay to be befuddled by the thought process of another voter. But to even remotely imply that certain categories of voters should not vote is obscene.

I sincerely doubt I will be happy with the results of tomorrow's election on many issues but, as I have done in the past, I'll swallow hard and accept the decisions made by the majority of those who voted and just hope we can survive until the next election.

"Equal rights for all Americans".....such a difficult concept for some!