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In reply to the discussion: Birthers want proof that Mitt Romney was born in America! [View all]harmonicon
(12,008 posts)It just comes down to this: do citizens have equal rights? I think that we all have (or should have) equal rights. As soon as one right exists for any person which is denied to another, we have two tiers of citizenship, and I think that's wrong.
Would you deny these citizens the right to vote? If they're denied participation in the democratic process in one way, to me they're denied it all in principle.
None of us choose where we're born, and I don't think that should ever be held against us. As adults, however, we can find ourselves in circumstances where we can choose where to be a citizen. If someone makes a choice to be an American, I think their ties to the US are as strong, if not more strong, than someone who is a citizen by accident of birth.