Voting

Today Steve and I went to vote at the middle school. We had to wait 50 minutes to vote due to the great number of people. I was laughing at how proud people look to get that little sticker..."I voted".

In front of us, two people quietly discussed their postions. The older gentleman did not want to pay the promised taxes of Obama. The lady argued McCain would also raise taxes. Proposition 8 also came up. This is Yes, to say no to gay marriage. The lady argued that all people have rights. The man did not agree to the term marriage. If they called it something else he might not have had a such difficulty with it. To Steve and I it was interesting to hear such thoughts flying freely.

People of every color and stripe were there, and that made us feel happy to see America at its best. And older lady, immigrant of European descent, was so happy to be voting for the first time. The African American poll worker shouted out, "Well, we are so happy to have you here." An Asian woman shyly passed out voting chads, and a white woman looked up your name in the big book requiring your signature. Don't you just love America?