Let’s Talk Politics and Religion: Exploring Senseless Taboos

By Michael Callaway

March 18, 2008

It makes me sad that people can not have a reasonable debate about the two most important issues, politics and religion. I do not care what your views are, if you agree with me or not, what I like to see is someone who articulate and describe what they believe and why. Overall I would say I am a conservative Republican, however, to blindly follow one party is wrong.

I think that I am safe to say that both sides have their members that they are ashamed of, however, they need those people to be elected and as such they have to pander to them. You can find issues with any leader that you will disagree with, even the great Ronald Reagen. The President is not someone that you have to agree with all the time. I would rather have someone who disagrees with my views but is at least willing to consider them versus someone who agrees with me 100% but will not take into consideration others views.

Now, if I, Mike Callaway (who is almost always right in all that he believes, if it was not right then I would not believe it) can be tolerant of your views (which are probably wrong if you do not agree with me, again, if it was right view then I would agree with you and we would be on the same side); then surely you (again, wrong if you are not with me) can tolerate others and find a way to explain why you could be right but probably are not (in the off chance that I am wrong it is possible that you may convert me).

It does make me laugh when certain Liberal friends of mine will accuse me or anyone for that matter of being closed minded. By accusing someone of being close minded, you are actually making a very closed minded statement. “I can tolerate all free speech as long as it does not contradict me”. Also, by saying someone is “mean spirited” it really quite mean by itself.

I would love to say that the Christian Right is much better, but sadly, they are not. I know many well intentioned Christians who feel like it is impossible to be a Christian and a Democrat at the same time. When did salvation and the message of the Bible ever become the Republican platform? When did taxs and States rights become a family value? Here is how I know when I am probably in right, when my opinion makes both sides angry.