Political Organizations - Becca Libby

All sides of our government have their sacred values from which they base their opinions, just like most individuals. In fact, many politicians use the values of particular individuals and groups of people to sway their feelings one way or the other. Much of the partisanship we see is based upon this. When politicans on either side of the political playing field use the people to create conflict between one another it splits the people apart. Here in the south, many people have very strong right wing views on things like sexual orientation, religion, and of course politics. So naturally, when politicians come to this area of the county to campaign, they know just the right topics to exploit. When people hear a politician bashing gays, or Muslims, they automatically assume whatever they have said must be correct without questioning it. This only further separates the groups of people in this country, and promotes ignorance. For some reason, even with our congress which was created to discuss issues and find the most logical answer to questions, we still cannot agree on even the simplest issues.

America is great because we have the right to choose what religion we practice, where we want to live, how we want to raise or children, all the way down to what we want to wear when we wake up in the morning. People are proud to be a part of this country for these reasons, so why do so many politicians and individuals still discriminate against people who choose not to practice Christianity? Freedom of religion means ANY religion. I understand the values that many people have, especially those that stem from their religion, but breaking these ignorant barriers we have built around anything and everything that is not white and christian would make us the nation we have always said that we are.