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To: WinOne4TheGipper
The author poses the question about whether people would object to voting being conducted in a mosque. Would that offend you?
14 posted on 03/03/2004 9:58:32 AM PST by sakic
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To: sakic
Wouldn't offend me one bit. But I'll be damned if I'll take off my shoes to vote!
19 posted on 03/03/2004 10:02:32 AM PST by American_Centurion (Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime - Nicole Gelinas)
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To: sakic
No. I'd understand that that's just where the polling place is. I wouldn't be offended simply because it's in a mosque and I'm not a Muslim. Anyone who would be is immature, IMHO. Same with this lady (dude?).
22 posted on 03/03/2004 10:03:49 AM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Don't tell jigsaw I said this...)
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To: sakic
Voting in a mosque wouldn't offend me at all, personally. First, as Sinkspur pointed out, voting is not done in the house of worship itself but in a community room adjacent to the place of worship or in a separate structure on church grounds. As for the possibility that I may be offended by posters extolling the virtues of Islam, again, I would NOT be offended. I am secure in my beliefs.
26 posted on 03/03/2004 10:07:29 AM PST by grellis (Che cosa ha mangiato?)
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To: sakic
The author poses the question about whether people would object to voting being conducted in a mosque. Would that offend you?

Not at all. You'd have a hard time finding a mosque that would let a bunch of "infidels" trapse through all day, though.

34 posted on 03/03/2004 10:17:00 AM PST by kevkrom (Ask your Congresscritter about his or her stance on HR 25 -- the NRST)
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To: sakic
I do vote at a church. Note even sure what denomination it is off the top of my head, me being agnostic. Doesn't bother me a bit.

A mosque wouldn't bother me either, unless it had some strange requirements for entering it, like removing shoes or donning some special headdress.

I'm a Canadian and so not totally familiar with some aspects of voting in the US. Do you really have to declare your party affiliation before voting? If I understand correctly, you have to register to vote with a particular party affiliation, is that right? If so, why? Seems somewhat antithetical to the presumed right of privacy when voting.
48 posted on 03/03/2004 11:00:50 AM PST by -YYZ-
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To: sakic; WinOne4TheGipper
The author poses the question about whether people would object to voting being conducted in a mosque. Would that offend you?

Or what about military bases. The Clinton administration tried to completely eliminate polling places on military bases.

53 posted on 03/03/2004 11:59:34 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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