One Nun, One Vote....Sort Of

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24490932/?GT1=43001

I saw this story this morning and couldn't help but make it the story of the day (well, at least on this most insignificant of websites). About 12 nuns were turned away from a voting precinct in South Bend, Ind. yesterday because they didn't have valid identification. But wait, that's not the funny part. What's great about this is that they were denied their right to vote by one of their fellow nuns, who was volunteering at the precinct. If this doesn't start a bitter feud among the sisters at St. Mary's Convent, I don't know what will.

Here's the thing. The nun who turned them away....did exactly the right thing. All 12 would-be voters were told ahead of time that they would need photo identification to vote. "Nun" of them had it. (Sorry, I just had to). Voting is a right in this country, but that right still comes with certain rules. Far too often in this country people forget about rules. It seems these nuns ignored, or thought they were above, the rules. In my opinion, that's a "habit" they'll need to break.