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How beautifully written. I felt I must comment before the sourpusses take shots at you. This is America and we need to stop complaining when an election doesn't go our way and get behind the leader especially as we face the biggest crisis since World War II. Thank you, reverend!

Thank you, Rev. Bruins, for the tribute to those who serve our country. Thanks, especially, for recognizing service other than military service--for recognizing men and women who serve as election judges, for recognizing our fellow citizens who exercised the right of free speech during the political campaign, for recognizing all of us citizens who voted, thus performing our most basic civic responsibility, for recognizing men and women who serve on building committees in their communities, for recognizing (by inference) the Members of Congress who wrote the Americans with Disabilities Act, for recognizing the fruition of the Founders' enlightened vision and our part in protecting and defending that vision.

Very nice, thank you!

Reverend, accessibility for all to our voting system should be the goal for our democracy. Had Voter ID passed you would have seen fewer elderly and young who just didn't have the energy to go through the proccess to procure one. That's ample evidence the the propsed voter ID law violaes the 1965 voting rights act which makes it absolutely mandatory we all have the same opportunity to vote, including the wheel chair bound and the elderly and infirm. Yes we were winners last Tuesday, but it was not regardless of the outcome. The reason you witnessed wheel chair access is because the law requires it, and that was a hard one political fight. I too am proud to be an American today, and especially a Minnesotan!

Democracy can be ugly and messy. Including everyone has its difficulties, warts and "ya kidding me?'s". But to exclude, whether intentionally or not, anyone is to legislate haves and have nots. That is a dangerous pathway for a society. There will always be self-made haves and have nots, but the government should never legislate who those are. Leave it up to the individuals to determine who they will each be(contributing citizens and servers or burdens to society or somewhere in between). Thank you to all who step forward and thank you to government for encouraging, not putting barriers up, for others to take that step up to service.

Beautifully stated, and thank you to all Americans who voted, whether for Romney, Obama, Paul, or whoever. We must work with the results, and we will. Thank you to all of our service members who fought and fight for our right to choose our leaders.