Very happy to see your awareness. It’s key to keep this in mind. “Democracy” was a clever trick, wasn’t it? If anything, it’s unpatriotic.

Our founding fathers believed that democracy would ‘morph’ into mob rule and for that reason they established our nation as a Constitutional Republic. Established laws guided policies, not hourly whelms. I still do not understand how a state can establish elements of its constitution that are in conflict with the US Constitution??? We see it all the time. Anytime you hear a politician rely on the term ‘democracy’ to support a position, you can know that politician is clueless as to foundation principles.

I applied anyway. My 15 minutes of failure in life does not ‘trump’ 29 years of military service.

Forgive my ignorance if I’m wrong about my understanding of Bills of Attainder, but isn’t granting voting rights to some and disallowing a very specific group the same rights the very definition of a Bill of Attainder?

The thing most people don’t understand about Amendment 4, despite repeated explanation, is that the authority to discriminate against sex offenders will become a part of our state’s constitution.

We can no longer say that it’s unconstitutional to deprive sex offenders of a particular right or benefit afforded others, because if this passes our constitution will expressly allow it.

It’s a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE, step backwards for our population and anyone who supports it should just wait and see how it manifests. I promise you! Go try and challenge a law that discriminates against sex offenders in the future and the counter argument will be that if a right as fundamental as voting can discriminate, other benefits that are not “rights” can surely exclude registrants.

Good for felons, bad for sex offenders, mixed for felony sex offenders.

You tell ‘me skipper. I feel the same way.

Maybe I see it wrong, but I believe this is still a move in the right direction. It’s a step forward for felons which we are.

James – you do understand this is not a move forward for sex offenders. It condones discrimination against them. It’s a HUGE setback!