Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

relate to the things you are saying. It seems that all my friends are Republican...church and outside of church. Many in our church know that my husband and I are not Republican....we are friends with many of them on FB, and some will once in a while share a poster/comment with a Republican message....such as "Gregg Abbot wants to keep Obamacare out of Texas" and they "like" and "share" his sentiment. I used to not want to offend and would refrain from posting political articles, but more and more I'm beginning to do the same. Just recently I shared a picture of some protestors carrying a sign that said "Brown-skinned man helping others and providing free health care - that's not Obama, that was Jesus".....I usually don't get any "likes" from any of them on those articles. Our preacher never strays into political areas....and has often said that we are not to put our faith in our politicians but in Jesus, however, we have other assistant preachers and one of them loves to get really close to the edge of republican propaganda. It is really annoying and sometimes I feel like God has put me in that situation to test me......it would be so much easier to just join them, but I just can't accept their ideology. I've even prayed and asked God if I'm in the wrong party and have never gotten even a hint that I might be. My husband used to be Republican when we got married 39 years ago....and early on we didn't even argue about it, we laughed and told each other we would cancel each other when we voted....then about 15 years ago he started sounding more and more like a Democrat and now he's an even stronger one than me. He writes very strong letters to the newspaper, and is not afraid to challenge our Republican friends when they bring politics up...I'm a little more reserved and would rather not even discuss it. I've gotten to the point where liberals commenting against Christianity doesn't bother me....I realize they don't believe and bashing them is not going to get them to believe...but I don't compromise my beliefs and will defend Christianity if confronted. I have a bigger problem with conservative Christians who make excuses for their party in areas where clearly their position is not Christian.