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Politics Making Strange Bedfellows
loid_void writes "Leave it to Reuters to report that the run-up to the U.S. presidential election is casting the spotlight on a new crop of Web sites for political-minded singles who are seeking Mr. or Ms. Right... or Left. But as such sites make small gains in the polls, another debate is brewing among singles in this politically divided nation: Is it better to find a like-minded mate or to cross party lines in the search for true love? Reached last week on his cell phone at the Republican National Convention in New York, Brian Barcaro said he does not interparty date and has no plans to start... let the debate begin!"
If your opinions regarding every issue are the same, where is the fun?
Do you like German cars?
This is such a joke. It's not like the Democrats or Republicans really differ enough on important issues to matter!
Maybe not in the issues that are important to YOU.
I'm a Republican. I am pro life. I am pro second amendment.
I couldn't have a relationship with a woman who would abort my child if she got pregnant. I couldn't be with a woman who is troubled by my gun collection.
These issues may not mean much to you, but they would be a deal breaker when it comes to romance.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
>The poll found that 57 percent were open to >marrying someone who holds political opinions >significantly different from their own.
And given the success rate of American marriages, I sure as hell trust that 57% to know what a healthy relationship requires.
All I know is that the wishy-washy political fence sitters that say they can "understand both sides" deserve to be married to each other. And they deserve the divorce and the messed up kids that follow.
I wish some people would at least get informed and take a stand for once in their pathetic, non-confrontational lives.
If moderation could change anything, it would be illegal.
I don't see why anybody else can't cross political lines for love...
(This is politics?)
I expect that it would be hard to find a mate who differed on substantial social issues, such as abortion, firearms, tolerance, and religious-moral grounds.
However, if the differences are fiscal, than you can simply live life together and lobby your representatives differently.
Methinks that Christian conservative GOPers and Peacenik Dems might not work out so easily, but fiscally minded folks would hardly notice.
Support a few technologists in Washington.
So you really think your personal beliefs about abortion and gun control are determined by your party affiliation?
Wow.
Yeah, you wouldn't get along with a liberal at all.
I live in a giant bucket.
The GOP hasn't done jack shit about abortion and you know it. If they where as serious about stoping abortion as they tell their supporters they would do a hell of a lot more. But, they don't, because the country club republicans support abortion (just ask kay hutchsion S TX) and power is more important to the GOP than stoping kids from being murdered. Kind of like they way bush is against trade with cuba, but trade with china (who treats people as bad/or worse) is OK!
The GOP only uses abortion as an issue to get votes in the South and Midwest.
Check what they do, not what they say.
If your hot young liberal wife starts to turn Republican with age, you're not going to get your *ahem* needs met like you did before you got married.
-I like my women like I like my tea: green-
The key is not opinions, it's values. One key, rather, because there's more to a successful relationship than just shared values. Core values can be interpreted differently, leading to different opinions; values and opinions can also be acted upon (or not) in different ways.
Shared values are important, though, both in my experience and in the analyses I've read. Other key factors: compatible fighting style, "givers" vs. "takers" (should be matched at the very least, but as a giver myself, I don't tend to think much of takers), activity level, degree of adherence to one's supposed principles, and sexual compatibility. And yes, I'm leaving "similar interests" out deliberately; probably nowhere near as important as those I've mentioned.
Cheers!
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
Led by John Hlinko, one of the people behind the liberal group MoveOn.org (http://www.moveon.org), ActForLove's motto is "Take Action. Get Action."
Priceless!
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