Home

i put the asian in caucasian

my interests change constantly. but i will always love traveling, dancing, and MILK.

therealericchoi:

The Christian Right and its fight for Theocracy.
I go to law school down state. And when I say down state, I mean “people wear camouflage while shopping at Walmart” down state. Along with this country/small town life style, many people are also heavily republican.
Even a good chunk of my fellow law school students are republican. An even bigger chunk, Christians. I have opened up to many of them how “progressive” I am, and we have had hours of very constructive discourse throughout our class breaks.
One thing that we have all agreed on, though, is the necessity of the separation of church and state. Even the most ardent Christian law school students, when asked whether it is the government’s duty to infringe on one’s private life, such as banning gay marriage or illegalizing abortions, say that those types of social issues should be taken care of within one’s home. While some of these student’s oppose abortions, they are aware, at the same time, that mandating the government with these powers is too intrusive to our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
What Republicans need to do, is to separate from the Christian Right. These social issues, although important in their own respect, have nothing to do with the crises America and the world are facing right now. Also, much of the younger generation (at times, even me), would not bat an eye at joining a movement that promotes a fiscally conservative government, but we are hindered from joining the GOP because the Christian Right has poisoned the waters, making the acceptance of smart GOP ideals synonymous with accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and hating Muslims.
Well, till that happens, I guess millions of fiscally conservative younger people between the ages of 18-30 will continue with the Obama train. toot toot.

I was just having a conversation about this with Sabrina the other day…..She’s rather fiscally liberal, I’d say I’m moderate-liberal, and we’re both very liberal on things like abortion and gay rights. But I’ve definitely met these kinds of people you’re talking about, fiscally conservative young people who don’t like the ideological, moralistic, and intrusive stances many Republicans are taking on private matters like abortion and gay marriage. The people I’ve met feel extremely frustrated by their inability to find leaders who can accurately represent them.

The Christian Right and its fight for Theocracy.

I go to law school down state. And when I say down state, I mean “people wear camouflage while shopping at Walmart” down state. Along with this country/small town life style, many people are also heavily republican.

Even a good chunk of my fellow law school students are republican. An even bigger chunk, Christians. I have opened up to many of them how “progressive” I am, and we have had hours of very constructive discourse throughout our class breaks.

One thing that we have all agreed on, though, is the necessity of the separation of church and state. Even the most ardent Christian law school students, when asked whether it is the government’s duty to infringe on one’s private life, such as banning gay marriage or illegalizing abortions, say that those types of social issues should be taken care of within one’s home. While some of these student’s oppose abortions, they are aware, at the same time, that mandating the government with these powers is too intrusive to our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

What Republicans need to do, is to separate from the Christian Right. These social issues, although important in their own respect, have nothing to do with the crises America and the world are facing right now. Also, much of the younger generation (at times, even me), would not bat an eye at joining a movement that promotes a fiscally conservative government, but we are hindered from joining the GOP because the Christian Right has poisoned the waters, making the acceptance of smart GOP ideals synonymous with accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and hating Muslims.

Well, till that happens, I guess millions of fiscally conservative younger people between the ages of 18-30 will continue with the Obama train. toot toot.

I was just having a conversation about this with Sabrina the other day…..She’s rather fiscally liberal, I’d say I’m moderate-liberal, and we’re both very liberal on things like abortion and gay rights. But I’ve definitely met these kinds of people you’re talking about, fiscally conservative young people who don’t like the ideological, moralistic, and intrusive stances many Republicans are taking on private matters like abortion and gay marriage. The people I’ve met feel extremely frustrated by their inability to find leaders who can accurately represent them.

(via therealericchoi-deactivated2012)