[Siamese Princess]

While it is possible to love someone who will cancel out your vote on election day, can you raise kids with someone who believes that parents should be denied information when your minor daughter gets an abortion? Can you raise kids with someone who believes that all conservatives are racist fascists? Can you raise kids with someone who believes that perjury is okay if the economy is going well?

Many Rats have shown themselves to be an immoral lot and who will not leave the nation a better place for their kids.

Too much is at stake in the culture war. If you don't agree on values and don't plan to raise kids this may be alright (so long as you never actually discuss any issues).

Absolutely. In the past, conservatives and liberals alike still agreed on matters regarding personal integrity and common decency. That's no longer true: there are definite differences in attitudes towards such issues as abortion, infidelity, even the importance of honesty. There are just two radically-different world views that are incompatible.

[Lauren BaRecall]

Ditto!

And if the topic isn't one of the serious ones you listed, who would want to sentence herself to a lifetime of "blah blah blah."

At least I can turn off the radio (don't watch TV).

[GSlob]

"There are just two radically different world views that are incompatible."
You are right. And what would happen to this country after couple generations of such assortative mating? They are talking polarization? They ain't seen anything yet.