I thought it always worked this way....and should to prevent posting of deceptive information.
If FR does not work this way it reduces my faith in the validity of posts.
Please announce the truth about Free Republic.
What truth? Information on FR can be read by anyone; that's how most of us found the place to begin with. If you want to post a new thread or participate in an existing thread you have to take the effort to build an account and logon.