Do you share the same values as the family you were raised in?

It's pretty funny, though, because my parents and I agreed to disagree on politics and religion many decades ago. By the time they died, both were religious unbelievers and my dad's last vote was for Kerry. I had nothing to do with it, they just came to the same conclusions I had by the time I was in my teens--it just took them a lot longer.

So I really don't know how to answer this one. I was very different from them for many years but we all ended up on the same page.

...and we drifted apart decades ago. I doubt that I'll ever see most of them again. That's just fine, too.

Just another Fundie-PK, here.

I believe I have the same values my parents did - the basic goodness, fairness, compassion, etc.

I don't have much of an extended family, just my brother, his wife and kids. I think for the most part they share those values as well, even though my nephew will probably vote for McCain. He's still basically a good, caring person.

Is that what you were asking?

"Values" is vague to say the least.

i have as little contact with them as possible

:D

I am an alien when it comes to my birth family. They are deeply Southern Baptist, Conservative, and racist. I'm a big ole lesbian liberal.

...the number one cause of homosexuality in a child is fundy parents!?

It does happenstance a lot though...;-)

Only I'm straight. But I'm a big ole radfem liberal, nonetheless.

Fucking Southern Baptists.

I don't know why exactly all of my bothers and sister have gone to the dark side. They are all ex military and claim the Democrats will strip the military.


I am a bit more liberal than my parents but only in when it comes to equality (racial, and gender). Not that they are bigot or anything but they have limits.

...that I escaped from an ultra-conservative, racist, elitist, homophobic, sexist, abusive family of origin that made fun of
homeless people and detested the Americans With Disabilities Act--because it forced my father to spend money
and alter his businesses to make the bathrooms handicap accessible.

I grew up hearing that teachers were paid too much, poor people were stupid and lazy and that black people really were
inferior, and I was often asked if I wanted to drive around in my father's BMW and "make fun of the poor people."

It was a miserable existence. Luckily, I forged my own way and rejected all of it. I knew they were
nuts when I was 7.

I'm lucky to have escaped. I'm married to a wonderful, caring liberal man and we have two beautiful daughters
in grade school.

I didn't get the family of origin that I deserved, but I'm having fun creating a nurturing, safe and
compassionate environment in my own family.

:)

My parents were Kennedy Dems but I doubt they'd agree with reproductive choice and I seem to recall
my Dad saying something about 'staying away from unions' but other than that, I think they'd totally
disagree with invading Iraq and all the other crap 'the moron in chief' has done.

Political, social, economic, morals, ethics, etc. Pretty much shared all the way around, with variations of course.

to the guy known herein as "Repuke Stepdad". :puke:

The hell of it is, until politics rears its ugly head, he's actually a decent human being, with whom I even share some common interests. :shrug:

Everyone in my family is very liberal. It's like the older we all get, the more liberal we get.

I love it.

That's why I love you gals and guys even when I TOTALLY disagree with you.


You are my family in many ways.

she is a one issue voter and i won't get in to what it is because it makes me crazy, like i cannot discuss with it at all, same with my step mom, she also disagre's with my sister on this issue so we just let it alone.

Values go beyond political sympathies.

so yes.