Exit Polls and the Constitution

According to exit polls from the Mississippi primary, seventy-five percent of Republicans who voted today support a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country. 

Let that number sink in for a moment. Seventy-five percent.

Okay, I understand that this is Mississippi, but let's not engage in snobbery. I have met some very bright people from Mississippi. I also have certain expectations about American in general when it comes to issues of rights and freedoms.

I do understand that these were Republican voters who showed up to vote in a primary. Primary voters tend to be more "hard line" than the less motivated voters who show up mainly for national elections. 

But, wow! Holy mole! Seventy-five percent of these voters think that we should discriminate against people based solely on their religion.

Have these people read the Constitution and its amendments? Do they understand the Constitution? Do they CARE about the values upon which this country was build, values designed to prevent the unchecked and unquestioned political influence that the church once used to calculated advantage in Europe? 

If we start discriminating against people based on religion, we might as well just throw the Constitution away - because clearly we don't believe what it says.

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