WHY I AM VOTING TOMORROW...

"The 'Night of Terror.  On Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right to vote. For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms."

I am voting tomorrow.

Why?

Because I have a right to.  Because of the women that came before me who fought for that right.  Because of the women that were ostracized, oppressed, jailed, tortured  (and in some instances killed) in order to provide me the right to vote.

"They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air."

I am voting because in some countries, citizens are not allowed to vote.  Or, they are told whom they will  be voting for.  And if they go against their "government" they will be killed.

I am voting because I believe in equal rights.

I am voting because I disagree with oppression or discrimination in any form.

"They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women."

I am voting because I am pro life.  And by that, I mean I am pro life for me.  But, I believe that no person has a right to tell another person what they should and should not do with their body.

I am voting because I believe in compassion and helping others.

I am voting because there is no free ride.

I am voting because some people deserve help and a hand up.

I am voting for the millions of people with pre existing conditions that need health care.

I am voting because...well...I can.  As of 1920, it's my right.  It's my privilege and my thank you to those that came before me.

"When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press."

Please, vote.

And as always, choose love.





http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/womenvote.asp