Several folks I interacted with through various social media outlets before and after my “Separating Religion from Political Parties” post responded with “What!? Why should I separate my religious views from the way I vote?” That’s a legitimate question, and I honestly jumped the gun and went 10 steps down the conversation instead of drawing the bigger picture.

And then my Teaching Assistant job started, my thesis work is going crazy… you know how it goes. Lucky for me, my good friend at the Outpatient Monk just wrote a superb post on this very subject. He explains why faith MUST be separating from party loyalties in very cogent thoughts and clear language. Take a quick read:

Shouting at the Bishop: Why agreeing to disagree is not a Christian response to the culture wars.

The longer I sat with this I realized that there are some differences between me and other people, other groups and ideologies, that I can not, and should never set aside.   Not all of these convictions where I differ with people are mere party preferences or theories of how governments may or may not work.  In fact, many of my convictions, with which others will often strongly disagree do not originate in my political tastes or preferences at all but in the stories that make up the narrative of what I have come to believe it means to be human.

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