liberal Christians?- I CAN'T be the only one!

**elphie** · 08-31-2008, 07:32 PM

I am so tired of defending myself politically to my religous friends and spiritually to my secular friends... being a democrat and being a Christian are NOT mutually exclusive!

**ladykemma2** · 08-31-2008, 07:39 PM

liberal tree hugging environmentalist mormon here

**DonnainME** · 08-31-2008, 08:19 PM

Elphie - I understand you.

I am a Christian and liberal (for the most part). I did register republican but vote how I see fit. I see voting for president as a picking of the "lesser of 2 evils". So far from everything I have seen, I will be voting McCain/Palin. Unless I see an independent that blows my socks off, that is. I do not like some of the stuff Obama has said and I have read about him.

I don't feel that people should judge us though.

I am getting more into "living green" and helping our planet. I don't have much money to buy some of the "green" things I would like either.

One thing that I do and people look at me like I am crazy - we get food stamps BUT I use manufacturer coupons. I have had cashiers say "You don't need those, food stamps are paying the bill". I still think of the food stamps as $ and I will stretch it as far as I can.

so, you aren't alone.

**Ms. Clear** · 08-31-2008, 08:22 PM

I belong to the UCC. It's slightly more conservative than Unitarian. And I'm pretty solidly on the left side of the political divide.

**GiddyMoon** · 08-31-2008, 08:29 PM

This confuses me. Since when is caring for the earth not a Godly thing to do? Am I missing something?

I have to say, I am more liberal than many of the Christian people I have been raised with, but I would no more call myself a democrat than I would a republican. Both sides have rights and wrongs, good and bad, smart and not so smart thoughts...I just wish they both had more common sense.

**redhead68** · 09-03-2008, 04:18 PM

Definitely a Democrat, sister to a gay man, pro-choice, aspiring environmentalist, and, yes, a Christian, too.

**Moor** · 09-03-2008, 04:28 PM

Why does being green, being pro-choice, gay supporter make you a liberal?
I have always been more green than those around me. My Cherokee dad and family saw to that.
What I can do with my body is my choice and it should be every woman's choice, but for me, abortion is wrong. But I will not stand and tell any woman what she can or can't do with her body.
I have an "adopted" son who is gay. My best friend IRL is gay.
But I am a conservative. I know that this sounds contradictory, but it's not.

**redhead68** · 09-03-2008, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Moor

Why does being green, being pro-choice, gay supporter make you a liberal?
I have always been more green than those around me. My Cherokee dad and family saw to that.
What I can do with my body is my choice and it should be every woman's choice, but for me, abortion is wrong. But I will not stand and tell any woman what she can or can't do with her body.
I have an "adopted" son who is gay. My best friend IRL is gay.
But I am a conservative. I know that this sounds contradictory, but it's not.

To clarify: I am a Democrat, and an aspiring environmentalist, and pro-choice, and sister to a gay man, and a Christian, too.

**Moor** · 09-03-2008, 05:35 PM

redhead, all i was saying, is that just because you are those things, does not make you a liberal or a conservative. it makes you human.
i have values and morals, but so does most every other person on this earth.
i tend to have more of the conservative values, but i can see the other side of things also.
i try not to get into political debates with people in real life, because they tend to get rather emotional for me. i like to talk politics, but not when someone who has a different idea than i do, tries to cram their thoughts and such down my throat and tries to make me feel like i am in the wrong because of how i feel.

sorry. got off on a tangent there.
i was not bashing you, i was saying that just because a person cares about gays, is green, is pro-choice, they don't have to be a liberal.

**redhead68** · 09-03-2008, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Moor

redhead, all i was saying, is that just because you are those things, does not make you a liberal or a conservative. it makes you human.
i have values and morals, but so does most every other person on this earth.
i tend to have more of the conservative values, but i can see the other side of things also.
i try not to get into political debates with people in real life, because they tend to get rather emotional for me. i like to talk politics, but not when someone who has a different idea than i do, tries to cram their thoughts and such down my throat and tries to make me feel like i am in the wrong because of how i feel.

sorry. got off on a tangent there.
i was not bashing you, i was saying that just because a person cares about gays, is green, is pro-choice, they have to be a liberal.

No offense taken. Thanks for sharing your views.