I went to the polls yesterday, caught in the frenzy of Super Tuesday. I ran into a friend of mine, and could barely focus because I was a bit torn as to who I should vote for-Obama or Huckabee.

I finally voted for Obama, but when I left the polls I felt violated. I remember hearing and reading stories about the turmoil African-Americans faced at polls in the south, and I almost felt like that. The lady that checked my name assumed that I was voting Democratic, so she handed me a slip that said so without asking me. When I was finished voting the lady in front of me had her ballot taken from some old man, who then looked at what she voted, and said," good job young lady." I was undone. I went to the next guy and put my own ballot into the machine. Everyone that I talked to said the situation should have been reported.

In the midst of the excitement it appears as though the country is still so divided. People of faith are still seperate and loving it. People of faith are still hesitant to deal with those of other ethnicities. What I saw was almost a reverse Jim Crow. It looked like African-Americans were creating anxiety at the polls. They were not opposing the vote, but were causing anxiety to those that could vote different than the norm. When will our belief in God become our lifestyle? A person lifestyle can not be put down, even during voting. Selah Shalom