The Christian Science Monitor magazine had a review of the book, " I Love you but I hate your politics: How to protect Your Intimate relationships in a Partisan World" by Jeanne Safer.
I have not read the book but my interest was piqued. It seems that emotions run high with partisanship. How does one work through the differences? Has politics replaced religion. Religion has been used to divide and still does. Are the approaches for interactions similar for mixed religion as mixed politics?
Jeanne is a psychotherapist in a politically mixed marriage to Richard Brookhiser, an editor at the National Review (which I had to look up) is a leading conservative magazine and website covering news, politics, current events, and culture with detailed analysis and commentary.
Quotes:
"Ms Safer believes by vesting so much of out identities in politics (which, she says, has largely replaced religion) we interpret another person's political differences as a rejection of who we are. We not only want to be liked, but we also want others to be like us...
'I love you but I hate your politics' includes rules of engagement for interacting with those of a different political stripe.
It invites readers to reexamine the fundamental nature of interpersonal bonds."
I don't get caught up in either religion or politics leaving each to his/her own way of thinking following the Golden Rule most of the time. Curious what others think about managing the partisanship in mixed marriages of the political type.