Should a democrat marry a republican?

[Dave Slayer]

Should a democrat marry a republican? Would it be considered unequally yoked? Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver did it and seem to be getting along pretty well.

 

[heather]

My husband belongs to the Democrats and and I to the Republicans. While we do agree on most major issues, we shy away from political ones and we get along just fine.

 

[JoJo]

I think it's safe to assume that 1 Corinthians 6:14 was not referring to political parties.

 

[Paidion]

Should a Democrat marry a Republican? No. But it's okay for him to marry a Libertarian. :crazy

 

[Blazin Bones]

Let's ask a deeper question, would Jesus be either? Does Jesus care if you are Democrat or Republican? Jojo is right on.

 

[NooneSpecial]

Politics should not be the key thing that defines whether a couple is bound for the alter or not.

 

[Lngtaltxn]

Personally, I can't see how a good christian could honestly support the ideals and the planks of the democrat party in the first place

 

[craigmn3]

Lot of Rinos (republican in name only)

As a citizen of Californ-i-a I can tell you Swarzenegger is seriously a Rino

So redefine it, Liberal and Conservative, and that would strike me as unequally yoked, unless neither of you take it seriously.

 

[jasoncran]

Lot of Rinos (republican in name only)

As a citizen of Californ-i-a I can tell you Swarzenegger is seriously a Rino

So redefine it, Liberal and Conservative, and that would strike me as unequally yoked, unless neither of you take it seriously.

if you get a divorce over that. sheesh.

man, try being married to a sinner.i dont like the dems or thier policy(the party) but since my dad's side is jewish and they are all dems. i have to well get along with them, somewhere on this forum i posted my deceased uncle's obituary. He was a dem who worked with right to get things done.

i'm very consertive and will be for a long time but sometimes politics aside we must govern!

 

[Ashua]

If the democrat adheres to doctrine fine.

Most democrats are not Biblical believers these days. There are some Democrats who believe abortion and homosexuality are immoral and evil, but by and large they are nonbelievers or people with extremely sick theology. That is not to say republicans are any better. Theyre just the lesser of two evils more times than not. --That isnt saying a whole lot.

Short answer, no it doesnt matter. Long answer yes. If their politics are unbiblical.

 

[SDJonathan]

...wow. I thought this thread was supposed to be satire, actually...

 

[NinaMMitchell]

I don't think it's unbiblical for a democrat to marry a republican, or the other way around. But I do think that if the two people feel very strongly about their different political points of view, it can definitely cause problems.

 

[Danus]

Call me old fashion, but I prefer to just tell my wife who to vote for.

Ah come'on! It's Funny

 

[handy]

Call me old fashion, but I prefer to just tell my wife who to vote for.

Ah come'on! It's Funny

Say goodnight, Gracie. ;)

 

[Danus]

Say goodnight, Gracie. ;)

I was hoping someone read that.

 

[reba]

What do ya think Dora, does Danus get a warning or infraction?

 

[handy]

I think Danus should be sentenced to 100 hours of having to watch reruns of Rosie O'Donnell, Oprah, and the View!!!

 

[jasoncran]

i would rather die then watch the view.

 

[Gazelle]

I'm not sure there is a clear delineation any more. It appears that the socialist party has taken over a good portion of what was the party of democrats, and likewise a good number of current republicans are more libertarian than republican.

Marriage is tough enough without holding vastly differing views in politics, especially when said views also differ with Scripture. That is what is key. We do see a representative marriage between a true democrat and a true republican (for want of better descriptions) with Mary Matalin and James Carville.

 

[handy]

When we married my husband was a card holding union member Democrat and I was a ultra Conservative Republican.

The way my hubby and I worked this out was that we respected each other's views. We talked about them of course, we got married during the Clinton years at the height of the sex scandals so there were some pretty sharp debates. Over the years though we changed. He doesn't really view himself as a Democrat all that much any more, with the exception of the environment and I've long since abandoned the Republican party. We're far closer in ideology than we were before...but...

...and this is really important...

The changes came from God working within each of us, not by the two of us arguing about things.