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[jenny_sparks]

So being a christian and being a liberal is apparently impossible, nevermind that I am both. I always feel a bit like an outcast in either group, but election years make it a far more startling experience. Most christians I know think that I betray my religious beliefs by my democratic voting tendancies and I think that's a pile of steaming monkey

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Hey look!

[apestyle]

http://www.crossleft.org/

For the Christian Left.

[apestyle]

also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_left

[blackspiral66]

People would be alot better off if we:

a) Got rid of the 2 party system (This system might have worked in the past, but we're a much different country now. It doesn't work anymore and is quite obviously broken)

b) Left religion out of the voting process (I agree that religion is a very personal decision, which is why I believe it has no business being a part of the political process. We have separation of Church and State for a reason.)

People are polarizing to vote for or against someone just because of their political affiliation; others try to jam you into a mold they think fits you based on your beliefs; it just can't continue to work that way.

I certainly don't fit into the mold of the current political parties, and I find voting the party line distasteful. I read about every candidate and vote for the one that most fits what I want to see done, the affiliation doesn't have to play into it.

We need a change in the political process, or this country is just going to tear itself apart.

[jenny_sparks]

I agree with you. I lean democrat because of the current party lines on social issues, but I vote for republicans and independants if they are in my mind the better candidate.

I am a big fan of the separation of church and state. I think without that separation a government steadily becomes a theocracy and that scares me. I don't worry about Iran because I worry about muslim religious interests. I worry because any government that controls both the earthbound part of a person's life and also has sway over their understanding of their spiritual life has too much power over that person. It is very easy for the people of a theocracy to give all power and thought over to the hands of their government.

j~

Religion vs Faith

[genesis222]

While I do agree that there should be a separation between church and state and the head of whatever religion you follow should not be dictating how you vote, I do find that I can not remove my faith in God in my decisions in life...including how I vote.

If you have faith in something it tends to guide how you live your life or at least I think it should or you should re-evaluate what it is you beleive in. In no way do I think all those who call themselves Christians should vote one way or another. You're vote should be between you and your God (or goddess as the case may be).

Anyway that is my two cents.

Re: Religion vs Faith

[jenny_sparks]

Too true. The separation of church and state is crucial, but the separation of faith and the individual isn't really possible. You have to vote on something... normally a candidates stance on the issues. Even non-religious folk have beliefs about right and wrong that they use as a guide. Our faith just gives us a view of right and wrong that we use to form our decisions.

j~