Love and Politics

Probably easier to do than differences in religion, but not by much.

Yeah, you've got a point. I don't know how couples with different religions make it work.

Agreed about religions.

Politics...I think it depends. Honestly I don't know how a super liberal person can stay happily married to an ultra-conservative person. But when it's a smaller number of issues that you disagree on, then I kinda "get it".

For example, my husband and I are both quite liberal for the most part. We have the same (or very similar) views on things like supporting gay marriage, staunchly pro-choice, a stricter separation of church & state, etc. But I am on the fence about gun control and leaning toward supporting legal gun ownership while he would prefer to see all guns banned. I think the death penalty has its place - he disagrees. We both feel that the American healthcare system is beyond screwed and would strongly support socialized medicine. But my views on government assistance for other things is a stricter (slightly more conservative) view that rules are too lax, subsidies too abundant, and some benefits (like huge grants and no-interest loans for secondary education, and EIC tax credits) need to be completely abolished. Meanwhile my husband feels those things are valid and needed. We can agree to disagree on the areas where we don't see things 100% the same and we share the same CORE values.

Depends on how far apart you are on your views. Throw raising kids into the mix might make for more trouble navigating the difference in beliefs.

My husband and I don't COMPLETELY agree on everything, BUT we usually aren't too far apart...and when we discuss differing opinions, one of usually does relent on more hardline beliefs.

Yes.

I ask this because my SO is a conservative republican, and I am more moderate. On most things, we agree, but there is a distinct difference between our beliefs on one issue.

It ended up being our first argument. LOL!

I wouldn't expect two people to completely agree on everything political unless they were in the "moronic" zone of the left or right.

oh hell no

I cannot be with someone who is an atheists or someone who is religious

and not with someone who is a conservative or into politics

Justin Trudeau is alright though I will say that...but politics & politicians are all iffy sh!ts when it comes down to it


anarchy is okay with me :smokin:

:drinker: :smokin:

James Carville and Mary Matalin make it work.

Probably easier to do than differences in religion, but not by much.

Yeah, you've got a point. I don't know how couples with different religions make it work.

They have it easier in a way, because they both know they'll be single in the afterlife.

Good sex can solve lots of problems...

I don't know. The sex would have to pretty mind-blowing, imo.

I'm sure there are couples out there who can make it work, I just don't think I could...I'm too much of a political junkie.

Haha, if you have enough time to talk politics, you aren't laying enough pipe. :bigsmile:

As long as he doesn't have that "I'm always right and you're always wrong" mindset, it could probably work. There's certain issues related to politics that are pretty important to me though, and if he felt differently about something majorly important to me, I'm not sure it'd work.