The election can't come soon enough to suit me. Because I work at a parochial school and do a lot of work within the parish I have little concept of what views are outside my realm. The community here is VERY conservative. At least the vocal people are the most conservative. I feel muzzled because I can't talk about my political views. There is no nuance here. More than one car has the "If you vote pro-Abortion; you are pro-Abortion" bumper sticker. The silent (possibly) people who don't support McCain speak in hushed tones. It's almost like we're an underground. We speak softly and quickly looking around in case we're overheard. It's freakin' ridiculous. What pains me most is I can't "back-up" my students from families that support the democrats with anything other than, "No politics in class". I've been burned before.
I feel really isolated.
I posted this over at the Deacon's Bench, in response to a response to one of the Deacon's post.
Forgive me if I've become bitter from listening to Pro-Life Politicians (and Catholic Lay-People) spout off about how much they value human life. As long as sweet cute helpless babies are safe all is right with the world. Who cares about criminals or foreigners or poor women of color and their children.
Oh I get proportionate reasons...but what about hypocracy? The word pharisee keeps rolling through my head.
I just feel like there's a better way to accomplish the pro-life aims than counting on politicians to do anything.
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