How important are Civil Rights & Voting Rights Acts to our democracy?

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

Poll question: How important are Civil Rights & Voting Rights Acts to our democracy?

The Voting Rights act is up for renewal.

Some of the provisions prohibit practices that are meant to result in discrimination.

Other provisions prohibit practices that have a discrimanatory impact, regardless of intent.

Given the irregularities we saw last November, I believe the latter is extremely important, since intent is sometimes harder to prove than impact.

Both the intention to discriminate and any practices that in fact result in discrimination should be prohibited.

Aside from all that, non-discrimination is just plain right IMHO. And affirming that should be important to us as Democrats, Independents, Liberals, Progressives etc.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

1. Kick

:kick:

[Lindacooks]

2. I see a freeper was able to vote.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

3. Yep, who else would say voting rights are terrible laws?

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

4. Boot

:kick:

[FrenchieCat]

5. Very!

People died for us to have it. That makes it very important in my book!

[mmonk]

6. The area of law

is where our democracy is falling. These appointments are the beginning of the end (and so was the Rhenquist court).

[blondeatlast]

7. IN the wake of Katrina's aftermath, I see a renewed civil rights movement

that encompasses all members of the working classes.