Are you a conservative or a liberal? Are you a Democrat or a Republican?
I sometimes get questions like those listed above. In nearly every case, the person that asks such questions is a very narrow-minded "my way or the highway" type of person. They assume that a person must be conservative all of the time, liberal all of the time, Democrat all of the time or Republican all of the time. People that feel they and others must fit neatly into one of these categories are extremely scary and dangerous.
Like most people, I am a "mutt" when it comes to such categories. Sometimes I am a conservative, sometimes I am a liberal, sometimes I am a Democrat and sometimes I am a Republican. While I may fall into some of the categories more than the others, I am truly an ideological and partisan "mutt". Along with my fellow "mutts", I question some of the actions of our civic and Church leaders, regardess of their party membership or orthodoxy. I wish we had additional choices when it comes to candidates for elected office. I also wish we had alternate leadership in some dioceses.
All things in moderation!
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