Opposites Attract

[lancers1990]

Are you and your spouse political opposite?

I'm a democrat and my wife's a republican.

We both voted for Kerry this morning though. Neither of us have ever been strict party-line voters.

 

[alaskamolly]

Eeeeewww...


Sorry, couldn't help it. Man, I just had a hard time stomaching that guy. But to each his own! ...Or, her own, in my case.


My husband and I are fairly similar politically, though I know we'd respect eachother if we differed...probably have some good late-night debates, too, but we'd still respect eachother's views, at least on most fronts. That's part of a good marraige, I think!

As for voting, we generally don't vote R or D...though we probably lean WAY more to the R side (we cannot vote for ANYONE who supports abortion, period!). We like to vote Constitution party whenever we can. I know, weirdo's...but hey, I never said I was normal! HA!

 

[LynnMcG]

Just curious, and I don't want to get into an argument... But I'm wondering how a Christian could vote for Kerry. The bible tells us righteousness exalts a nation. It also tells us that we should place Godly men in office -- because we're supposed to trust God for all of the economic issues. Kerry is all for baby killing - at any stage. And his Senate record is deplorable. He's against Israel. Heck, even Yassir Arafat endorsed him!

So then what about his politics did you like?

Forgot to answer your question - Since my husband and I share the same core values, we want the same thing and vote the same. Not that I have to, we just agree.

 

[HeatherJay]

Just curious, and I don't want to get into an argument... But I'm wondering how a Christian could vote for Kerry. The bible tells us righteousness exalts a nation. It also tells us that we should place Godly men in office -- because we're supposed to trust God for all of the economic issues. Kerry is all for baby killing - at any stage. And his Senate record is deplorable. He's against Israel. Heck, even Yassir Arafat endorsed him!

So then what about his politics did you like?

Forgot to answer your question - Since my husband and I share the same core values, we want the same thing and vote the same. Not that I have to, we just agree.

This probably is not the proper place for those questions to be addressed...try politics or N&CE. Let's just stick to the question asked by the OP...are you and your spouse poilitical opposites?

Last election we voted opposite each other...this year we voted the same. He realized I was right 4 years ago.

 

[katelyn]

Last election we voted opposite each other...this year we voted the same. He realized I was right 4 years ago.

My husband and I are not opposite in our political views. We agree on most things, especially the major issues.

 

[IslandBreeze]

I don't know how you can be on opposite ends of the political spectrum and have things work. Most of my core values go hand in hand with my political leanings--same with my husband. If there were a major fundamental difference in our political opinions, there would probably be a major fundamental difference in our morals and values, and he probably would not have been the man I married. As far as living life, we're complete opposites. I'm loud and spontaneous, he's conservative and thinks things through. He's shy, I'm not...etc. etc. But politically, we walk hand in hand with each other and our morals and values.

 

[Zoomer]

We both belong to the same party, have similiar values, and voted for the same person yesterday.

 

[lancers1990]

But I'm wondering how a Christian could vote for Kerry. The bible tells us righteousness exalts a nation. It also tells us that we should place Godly men in office -- because we're supposed to trust God for all of the economic issues. Kerry is all for baby killing - at any stage. And his Senate record is deplorable. He's against Israel. ... So then what about his politics did you like?

Just a quick reply. First of all, if you read the Constitution, the legistalure, not the executive, has the power to make laws (on social issues and other). The executive is to enforce those laws, not make them.

As for "baby killing" AKA abortion, the answer is a Constitutional amendment outlawing it, then a judge can not strike down laws restricting it. How come none of the so-called pro-LIFE politicians have proposed this amendment?

We voted for Kerry primarily because Bush gave up the chase for Bid Laden to go after Saddam. Had he continued the first objective with full attention we would have Osama by now. A Godly man needs to admit his mistakes.

Just wanted to answer the posters question, not start a debate. We can do that elsewhere.

Lancers1990

 

[lancers1990]

the answer is a Constitutional amendment outlawing it, then a judge can not strike down laws restricting it. How come none of the so-called pro-LIFE politicians have proposed this amendment?

I just started a thread about my idea for this proposal.

http://www.christianforums.com/t1134491-i-propose-a-new-amendment.html

Any more debate about this issue can go there.

 

[Leanna]

Opposites attract, but similarities are what makes a marriage easier.... less things to compromise on

 

[LynnMcG]

Just a quick reply. First of all, if you read the Constitution, the legistalure, not the executive, has the power to make laws (on social issues and other). The executive is to enforce those laws, not make them.

As for "baby killing" AKA abortion, the answer is a Constitutional amendment outlawing it, then a judge can not strike down laws restricting it. How come none of the so-called pro-LIFE politicians have proposed this amendment?

We voted for Kerry primarily because Bush gave up the chase for Bid Laden to go after Saddam. Had he continued the first objective with full attention we would have Osama by now. A Godly man needs to admit his mistakes.

Just wanted to answer the posters question, not start a debate. We can do that elsewhere.

Lancers1990

Thanks for answering!