Friday, August 26, 2005
On Being a Christian Democrat
Originally posted on 3/6/04
When people ask me and my husband how we avoided being indoctrinated into the racism and conservatism that is so insidious down here in the deep south, we both attest to the power of the words "Jesus loved the little children, all the children of the world." taught to us from a very young age. We have only built upon that theology over the years, and are now active Democrats and activists for peace and justice. I completely resent the assumption that Christian=Republican. In fact, in my interpretation, there is very little that is based on the teachings of Christ in the Republican platform. To quote the Black Eyed Peas, "Where is the love?"
I also find myself backing up my public policy positions with both faith and reason. It is rare to find other people down here who even put any thought in their positions at all, from the perspectives of faith or reason, beyond parroting what they hear from preachers and politicians.
It has been so hard for my husband and I, native-born southerners, to fit in in our own homeland, home of our ancestors for almost two centuries, that we can't even find a satisfactory church home. We are currently attending both a UU and Episcopal church, but are afraid to reveal too much at either place.
Originally posted on 3/6/04
When people ask me and my husband how we avoided being indoctrinated into the racism and conservatism that is so insidious down here in the deep south, we both attest to the power of the words "Jesus loved the little children, all the children of the world." taught to us from a very young age. We have only built upon that theology over the years, and are now active Democrats and activists for peace and justice. I completely resent the assumption that Christian=Republican. In fact, in my interpretation, there is very little that is based on the teachings of Christ in the Republican platform. To quote the Black Eyed Peas, "Where is the love?"
I also find myself backing up my public policy positions with both faith and reason. It is rare to find other people down here who even put any thought in their positions at all, from the perspectives of faith or reason, beyond parroting what they hear from preachers and politicians.
It has been so hard for my husband and I, native-born southerners, to fit in in our own homeland, home of our ancestors for almost two centuries, that we can't even find a satisfactory church home. We are currently attending both a UU and Episcopal church, but are afraid to reveal too much at either place.
Originally posted on 3/6/04
