I can't believe it

[melwil]

I was thinking about voting Democrat for the senate. I like a balanced senate, and the Democrats have done some good things . . .

Democrats strike Family First deal

The Family First Party's website says The party believes that families are the "foundation stone of society." Their policies include "a Mandatory Filtering Scheme at the ISP Server Level" with a $7 to $10 levy per user in order to protect our children.

They also oppose gay marriage, Sunday shop trading and gambling.

Following my election guide they sent me yesterday, that means if you vote for the Democrats above the line all preferences go to the Family First Party.

I think I want to crawl under a rock until the insanity goes away

Comments

[brynderoy.livejournal.com]

FUCKIN' DEMOS! FUCKIN' JESUS FREAKS!

On top of that, I was recently informed that many of the Green Party's member are conservative Christians. We may as well just have the choice to vote for salvation.

[jennifergearing.livejournal.com]

Um, with a leader like Bob Brown, and human rights/LGBT policy like theirs, it's hard to see how they'd be particularly conservative. Christian perhaps, but that's not necessarily bad. Progressive Christians are lovely folk; they don't like killing people and are rather much more about the love, which is always a good thing in my book.

[melwil.livejournal.com]

like me *g*

[jennifergearing.livejournal.com]

Exactly. :)

Despite my disenchantment with Christianity in a lot of areas, it bothers me greatly the tendency for people to automatically relate Christian with either conservative or fundamentalism; much similar to the tendency to relate Islamic with fundamentalist or terrorist *wry smile*

Some of the social justice strains of Christianity that grew out of South America are truly fascinating, and would have a great deal to teach both Christians and some of the so-called left-wing.