If you are liberal in your political philosophy, would you consider marrying a conservative or vice versa?

Absolutely! I am liberal and married to a conservative. At one point in my life, I would have said this would have never worked, but my husband and I have great political conversations.

I think we have learned a lot from each other and grown because of our differing viewpoints. Now, I think it would be boring to have someone with political opinions too close to my own. However, there has to be a certain level of respect and open-mindedness for such a situation to work.

We sometimes have heated debates, but we never allow ourselves to get angry over politics. It keeps things interesting. My thoughts are that you should marry someone with enough in common to create interest and enough differences to keep that interest.

Monotony gets boring.

I was a liberal in my political philosophy when I married a conservative. He convinced me to listen to Rush Limbaugh, and through that, he converted me. We are a conservative household now.

I expected to convert him, I admit it. I have come to see though that liberalism is just wishful thinking.

Yes, absolutely! I married someone with completely opposite political views and I think we learned a lot from each other through those heated arguments. Oh wait... we're divorced now.

Maybe not such a great idea after all.. :-(.

No, I don't think so. In order for it to work there would be topics that we could probably not discuss. I can't stand even talking to my family about politics sometimes.In relationships there has to be an agreement on certain things, an us against the world type of feeling.

Not me against him debates.

We wouldn't have to agree on everything, but It would be hard for me to be with a die-hard conservative.

Honestly, no. It wouldn't work. Politics is about more than how you vote.It's about your principals and how you live.

If I married a conservative, would he attend gay commitment ceremonies with me? Even put up with my gay friends? Would he whine when I told our children that it's right to support a woman's right to choose?

Would he tell them their mother was a crack-pot liberal? How would he even react when I donated money to charity or supported socialized health care? I could not spend my entire life with someone who disagrees with so much of what I believe in.

Our beliefs are our actions, so we can't just agree to not talk about it. That's possible with friends, because their life choices don't really effect you (you can still hang out with them, have lunch, see a movie, whatever) but with your spouse, you need to have similar values or how can you make big decisions about where to live, how to spend your money, and how to raise your kids?

I don't think I could. I know some couples make it work, but it depends on a variety of factors. I think you can have some interesting debates if it's only brought up in conversation.

That being said, most people's political views affect their actions. I suspect that both Liberals and Conservatives who actively make decisions based on their political views would have trouble approving of one another's behavior, and that's where it would break down.

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