This is as clear a case of voter intimidation as if they had administered a literacy test in ancient Greek or charged a poll tax. I believe that the fundamental issue at stake is that the people who wear the uniform of this country, who defend our freedom and our independence, have the right to vote in local elections. Although it seems plain enough that our military personnel already have that right under current law, the TRLA attack demonstrates the need to reaffirm it in the most explicit terms and to guarantee that extended absences incurred as a result of service to the nation do not result in the loss of residency for voting purposes. But it's 'Saviour of his country' when the guns begin to shoot. This may be a new century, but TRLA has shown us that arrogance respects no bounds of time or place.
Military people are still easy targets for discrimination, particularly when nobody's at war.
Kipling's offensive bartenders and haughty theater operators have just been replaced by insulting legal aid lawyers. We owe it to these men and women to fight for their rights here at home. I intend to win this fight.