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November 24th, 2004 | 1 min read

As my brother points out, Rossi's maintained a forty-two vote lead in the Washington gubenatorial race recount.

Interesting quote from Gregoire in her statement (as published by Bloomberg):

``Voters have a sacred right to have their ballots counted. That's been our goal throughout this process,'' Gregoire said in a statement. ``We want every vote to be counted. But that hasn't happened yet.''

Sacred right? Sacred right? I am intrigued to know my brother's (promised) thoughts on this issue--what does ground the right to vote, anyway? I'm all for Democracy, but I'm suspicious of those who equate Democracy with religion. Here's for a strong division between Church and State, at least until the Kingdom comes.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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