{"id":874,"date":"2018-11-02T23:08:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T04:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/?p=874"},"modified":"2018-11-02T23:08:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T04:08:42","slug":"vote-vote-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/02\/vote-vote-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote, vote, vote!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"875\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/02\/vote-vote-vote\/your_vote_counts_badge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Your_Vote_Counts_Badge.jpg?fit=739%2C715\" data-orig-size=\"739,715\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Your_Vote_Counts_Badge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Your_Vote_Counts_Badge.jpg?fit=739%2C715\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-875\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Your_Vote_Counts_Badge.jpg?resize=300%2C290\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Your_Vote_Counts_Badge.jpg?resize=300%2C290 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Your_Vote_Counts_Badge.jpg?w=739 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We live in a blessed country, one where we enjoy incredible freedoms that many, MANY other countries do not have.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, we so often do NOT appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>As next Tuesday comes around and is only 4 days away please remember to get out and VOTE!\u00a0 Our country&#8217;s very beginning was grounded in the belief that our Creator gave us unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.\u00a0 We were founded on the precept that all men are created equal!<\/p>\n<p>So, as equals, we have an both a precious privilege and a real responsibility to vote.\u00a0 In America it is:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>one person, one vote<\/p>\n<p>NOT<\/p>\n<p>one dollar, one vote<\/p>\n<p>NOT<\/p>\n<p>one man, one vote and one woman, no vote<\/p>\n<p>NOT<\/p>\n<p>white man &#8211; many votes, black and brown man, no votes<\/p>\n<p>So, use your one vote and make it your own.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus would be proud of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a blessed country, one where we enjoy incredible freedoms that many, MANY other countries do not have. 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