Wicca and Politics

[days_of_avalon]

Being young and new to voting (only 21!) I've been doing a lot of research on various candidates and political parties to see where I fit in. I was raised in a very conservative and Catholic family with parents who told me "always vote for the Republican candidate." Well, I'm not conservative, obviously not Catholic, and not voting Republican in

Comments

[moonwolf23]

THe whole banning Wicca in the military was likely more a counter arguement about the boy scout thing. You might want to email him and ask before thinking he still believes that.

My religion hasn't swayed me in any way to vote for a candidate. What is swaying me into voting, is which candidates are a good fit for our country and what it needs. So I'm voting republican, because they have more to offer then any of the other candidates. I toyed with Bob Barr, until McCain chose Palin, who though she is pronounced as a scary conservative Christian by the media and her detractors, I feel I can connect with. sigh. The Green party, while very environmentally yippee skippy, I don't feel to be practical or pragmatic or that their policies will work. The Democrats keep nominating extreme leftist ones, Bob Barr doesn't have a snowballs chance in heck of winning, and errr the republicans while I don't' agree on everything with, seem to have the more sound view.

[moonwolf23]

I thought the discussion was on what makes you choose the candidate and how your religion plays into it.

[89vision]

I could go crazy about all types of political subjects (After the last debate, can't wait for Palin/Biden) but one thing I have really noticed about my spirituality affecting my political affiliations, sometimes I just feel BAD things radiated from certain people...Not claiming "empath" powers, but you can look at some politicians in the eye and just SEE how insincere they are. Anyone else feel that way about any of this year's runners? I have never felt so IRKED by any other candidates, and this is coming from someone who respected Bush for a lot of his presidency.

[89vision]

*candidate

[stellamaris]

How can you think you fit in with libertarians if you've always been a fan of socialism? D:

*has whiplash*

I am an Obama-crazy Democrat. I don't think my spiritual beliefs play much into my political inclinations though. I have been a liberal for as long as I can remember, before I ever got into paganism.

[frecklestars]

I have been a liberal for as long as I can remember, before I ever got into paganism.

This.

[peskipiksi]

[89vision]

"my religious and political views both arise from my more generally-held fundamental ethical views"

I think this is a great way to put it; I don't think you can separate your religious views COMPLETELY from your political ideas, because they all stem from the same consciousness. /end butting in

[shyraofsorenia]

Don't join a party just to do it. I personally claim independent (no affiliation to any party) and am proud of it. I think the whole party system should be done away with so people will start voting for people and not for their team.

I personally am voting for Obama. I'm not doing it because I think he'd be a great president, I'm doing it because Sarah Palin scares the shit out of me. She is conservative Christian to the utmost extreme and John McCain dying in office is kind of probable given his age and heath (had cancer 4 times). If she became president, Pagan queers like me would probably be hauled off to concentration camps or something and that really scares me. Plus, Obama is for full civil unions and gay adoption rights.

Forget the parties. Listen to the people and vote based solely on that. That's my opinion.

[simplymelodious]

"Forget the parties. Listen to the people and vote based solely on that. That's my opinion"

I wish more people would look at it that way. I think so many people blindly vote for their party that they don't pay attention to who they may be voting in to office.

Palin scares the hell out of me too. I'm Canadian so I don't get to vote, but the thought of her politics influencing Canadian politics gives me shivers.

[novelog]

The only way to rid ourselves of the two-party system is to completely redistribute seats in the house/senate and have there be proportional representation, like there is in Europe (it can go too far, however, like in France...). I'm personally a fan of the German system, with both a "first past the post" representative for the district, and a percentage of legislative seats relegated based on the number votes for each party (there are 5 major ones there).