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Cape May Beach - Growing up in America, I was always filled with hope because I knew that all doors were open without regard to race, religion, or sex, provided one was otherwise qualified. Now, we are being urged to vote for somebody just because she is a woman, which flies in the face of the aforementioned. Since when does just being a woman or man qualify one for the highest office in the land?