Our most private power
As citizens, we are called to exercise this power within the protection of the privacy of the voting booth. While these protections are being challenged by some, it is still an individual act of conscience. There are many issues facing us, and some may be very personal. I’ll be voting out of respect for my father, who served in the Army in WWII, for his service in France, Germany, North Africa, and the Philippines.
For gratitude that he was not alive to hear a sitting President call him a sucker and loser and to see him disgrace our war dead in Normandy and Arlington. That he did not have to watch the insurrection attack on our democracy on Jan. 6, with his fellow first responders being beaten with the very flags that he fought to defend.
I’ll be voting for those who embrace the calling that the teachings of loving our neighbors, welcoming the stranger, the others, and the respect for human dignity regardless of race are central to our humanity. These convictions are a reflection of a professed faith, whether on a Sunday morning or other deeply held beliefs.
How does one reconcile this with the beliefs that the “others” are vermin, subhuman scum, animals who are poisoning our country (not my words)?
How one may choose to normalize or ignore this hatred and racism is your business. So the potential for saving Grace is the privacy … knowing that you can vote with a conscience without fear of reprisals and continue to fly whatever political flag, or sign in public, and still hold private what really matters.
May you vote in Peace.
— Charlie Nutting, Beaufort
Who will take care of the children?
The clear result from banning abortion and birth control is more children. Many of them not planned for. Many of them not wanted.
Raising kids requires a lot — food, love, housing, education, safe neighborhoods. But the Republicans [who] plan banning abortion and birth control never mention who will support those kids, and who will pay the cost once they’re born.
Without those basic needs met, the GOP plan falls apart.
If you hate children and you hate women, vote Republican. Otherwise, vote for sanity. Vote Democratic. Vote Kamala.
— John Smith, Sheldon
