I'm not my father. I'm myself. I think for myself. I vote and....

Submitted by Lisa L (United States), Dec 10, 2008 at 03:04

.....I am baptized as a Christian, although my parents were Catholic. They believed in something totally different than I. Just because I grew up in the same home does not mean that I have the same feelings, responses, or that I would be Muslim, or in this case "Catholic", because they were, thank you very much.

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