How does Kerry respond to this angst? He thinks. He weighs opinions. He tries on different perspectives. Does he simply adopt the conservative Republican point of view, call it God's way, and move forward? Nope. That's not Kerry. He is a true seeker in the best sense, and so he criticizes both political parties. He still strikes me as more conservative, which is understandable, but he doesn't give Romney a pass for being Republican or Mormon. He posts cartoons on Facebook that are often very critical of Romney's equivocating self-presentation.
His openness also reaches to his spirituality. In the past I have ribbed him mercilessly about this, something which I regret doing. Here as in politics and all other areas of his life, Kerry is an avid student, voracious reader, and open mind. Some would say too open, but I am inclined to favor Kerry's excessive openness over the terrible rigidity that sets in and closes the minds of others to possibilities.
Today he posted this caption to a picture of a man with glasses and a mustache, a man much like himself:
Kerry Shirts wrote:There are two classes of people: the righteous and the unrighteous; the classifying is done by the righteous...
Very thought-provoking and it makes a worthwhile point, I think. Taken with the picture, it strikes me as a statement of frustration with these righteous who judge others, but perhaps not with a righteous judgment as the scriptures command.
I like Kerry. Good man.