Writer's Block: Do (political) opposites attract?

[vawitch]

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Political, I don't think so. Abortion is not just political though. Trust or respect them, for opposite views - I truly don't think there is any issue that I couldn't T/R someone for having opposing views.

I think the ONLY 2 polical issues that would cause serious problems for me are actually 2 that are also wrapped up in faith, which makes the secular & political issues murkier - LGBT rights & equality, and the continuing attempts to make the US a "Christian nation". Far too many of the arguments being used to prevent LGBT from having equal legal rights & protections were used to keep women & non-whites as secondary citizens as recent as the past century.

For religion - you don't have to follow my faith, but don't be forcing your views down my throat either. The Constitution says that there will not be a single faith supported by the government.

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I feel twinges of this occasionally. We are at a party and someone I hang out with semi-often or are in our circle to some degree starts going off on something and I think, "how am I friends with this person?" or even friendly? How? Did that really just come out of their mouth". Bigotry is my issue that can't be ignored--race, gender, transgendered, womens rights. If you are saying inane uneducated things about any minority group and refuse to let me educate you about the reality of the situation you lose respect in my eyes.

On another note I was at Wild Iris in Gainesville, Fl's only feminist bookstore, still really independently standing, today and I thought about you. They have a huge spirituality area and pagan area and such lovely things in it, and it just really reminded me of you.