Quote:If you marry someone who's political views are so far right or left of yours... well... good luck.

 

Your moral compass and everything else about your views and beliefs are so far off... why would you be married? Why would you want to try and raise a family believing so differently?

 

-shrug- I mean... I'm all about mixing things up... but as someone just right of center... Anyone too much further right and she'll be condemning me to Hell. And if my sig. other is so too far left we'd fight about everything from taxes to Obamacare....

 

I suppose you could just not talk about who you vote for and the important grown up things in life...

that could make it work...

 

I understand it's not easy, if not seemingly impossible.

 

However, if your religion is not politics, and you share in that religion you have a much better shot.  I agree you have to have the same values.

 

I think that falls along the lines of general compatibility.

 

If whatever you are opposite about, and that topic is held extremely high on one or both's hierarchy so that there is a passion or commitment to that - that commitment will likely prevail over the commitment of the marriage.

 

IMO, it's about what is more important to the two.  Is it the other person that's most important to their partner, or is their higher life's purpose/commitment/crusade something else.  If so, that something else will win and they will not be happy without someone similarly committed to the same cause.

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