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Politics and Relationships
By Matt Margolis | November 7, 2005
Sister Toldjah asks, “Would you let someone’s political affiliation stop you from dating them?”
This is a very interesting question. Sister Toldjah wouldn’t have a problem with dating a liberal and apparently thinks “marrying a liberal would be cool.”
In some ways, politics shouldn’t matter. However, I have come to believe that even if you put your actual politics aside, the issues that come out from two people’s politics eventually would become major problems. I think it is safe to say that a person’s politics is often a reflection of their values. If that is the case, as I believe it it to be, when dating someone, especially seriously, wouldn’t you want to be with someone who shares your values?
In relationships I see issues directly related to politics being huge issues as the relationship gets more serious. Could a pro-life conservative man date a pro-abortion lberal woman without there being a problem down the road? What if they got married, had a couple kids, and eventually got pregnant again, but the woman doesn’t want to have the child and wanted to get an abortion? What about the children that they do raise? It seems to me there would be a conflict in the values they’d each want to pass on to their children.
Could a relationship between a conservative and a liberal have survived the 2004 election? I suppose if Mary Matlin and James Carville can last, that it is possible… but of course, I wouldn’t be suprised if the Ragin’ Cajun slept on the couch many nights in 2004.
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November 8th, 2005 at 12:19 am
I’m still trying to figure out why such a pretty and smart gal like Mary Matlin would marry such an ugly horse’s ass like James Carville in the first place!
November 9th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
Problems with politics come only from those too immature to be able to comprehend the idea behind the personal opinion. Matt, you’d have a problem with marrying a ‘liberal’ only because you think you’re always right. It has nothing to do with politics really. It’s all in the personality. I’m easygoing and laid-back, so getting along is simple for me. You’re uptight and hard-laced about your politics, so of course you’d dominate the political climate in your home.
November 19th, 2005 at 2:28 pm
“I think it is safe to say that a person’s politics is often a reflection of their values. If that is the case, as I believe it it to be, when dating someone, especially seriously, wouldn’t you want to be with someone who shares your values?”
Good point.
December 24th, 2005 at 8:19 am
good article