Racist? Never!

The votes are in. Alabama voters have rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have erased segregation-era wording requiring separate schools for "white and colored children" and would have removed language that the state does not guarantee a public education for everyone.

According to The Washington Post, John Giles, president of the Alabama Christian Coalition (slogan: "Informed Citizens Electing Leaders Who Leave a Great Legacy"), said "he would support taking out the passage about separate schools for 'white and colored children' as long as the part about not guaranteeing a right to an education is kept."

So rest assured. This vote was not about racism -- it was about the desire to deny children education. Feel better?