Reply #28: They are linked, whether you like it or not. [View All]

[kristopher]

And even if voting is a civil right (does it mean something that it is italicized?) it is still a right of citizenship. Wait....

And even if voting is a civil right it is still a right of citizenship.

Oooo, you're right, that is much better with italics.

Snark off.

Seriously, there are a lot of issues associated with national citizenship registry and ID. We are the only advanced country that doesn't have such a registry and we need one. Until we get it, we are always going to have cases like Ms. Lewis; so sooner or later if we want the other benefits, we are going to have to pay a price. Personally, I think the number of people adversely affected would be disappearingly small as most of the elderly w/o birth certificates can have their lives here verified in a number of ways. The law has to be properly written, that's all.

You do know it is a far right position to oppose such registry, don't you?