I love the Op-Ed section of the paper. I believe we all need to write at least one letter on something we’re passionate about in our lifetime. In saying that, I applaud this reader

Re: “On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight” (May 17, Nation):

I can’t help thinking about how much of the fight for voting and other civil rights in the previous century was led by people of faith. It is still the case that religion motivates many to be active in the effort to protect voting rights. It is interesting that there are also many people of faith leading the efforts to restrict voting rights and roll back other freedoms achieved in the past ¾ of a century.

I remember my mother often telling me that religion to her father came down to one thing: the Golden Rule.

Perhaps people could apply that to our politics. How about a political Golden Rule:

Do unto other political parties as you would have other political parties do unto your political party.

I think that if people actually took that to heart, and applied that to their actions, it would end gerrymandering and lead us back in the direction of democracy, which seems to be disappearing on the horizon.

Russ Kevin Childers, Seattle