<p>And how does yours compare?</p>
<p>Do you mean political or religious ideology?</p>
<p>Of my grandparents that are still alive and that I talk to: both of them are more liberal than my father, about equal with my mother, are and about on the same liberal par with me. Grandpa is Buddhist, grandma is a Unitarian Universalist, I think.</p>
<p>Of my grandparents who passed away, they would both be considered liberals, even now almost 20 years after their deaths. My grandfather was a communist Gypsy and my grandmother was very much a socialist. They were adamantly socialistic until they passed away. Both grandparents were “pagan”. Grandmother practiced a mix of Druid and British-pagan beliefs. Grandfather practiced a type of Gypsy faith that really can’t be labeled.</p>
<p>My mother is very liberal socially (not quite as far as me, but very close) and rather mixed economically. She has been a banker for over 30 years and seen both the ups and downs of many administrations and economic ideologies. She is agnostic.</p>
<p>My father is fairly liberal socially (although he sometimes pretends to be conservative sometimes just to irritate me), and pretty economically liberal. He used to be the president of a union but hates what unions have become. His views align very much with a socialist (although he will never admit it). He is agnostic.</p>
<p>On a side note, my sister is actually quite conservative and a Sunday Christian (as in, she’s only Christian it’s convenient). She’s the odd one in the family. She’s also filled with a lot of hate and rage though, so we tend to just avoid her.</p>
<p>I am liberal and have many socialistic viewpoints for the economy, but I am flexible with economic policies. I practice a faith quite similar to my British grandmother’s. It’s quite similar to modern day Wicca so I generally just associate with that for ease.</p>
<p>I’ll assume we are speaking in terms of religion.
My mother is a Presbyterian Christian and started going to church when she was a school girl. However, her parents are not associated with any religion. Overall, her family is not very religious, and I don’t think her brother and sisters are affiliated with a particular religion.</p>
<p>On the other hand, my father grew up in a slightly Buddhist background, as my grandmother was Buddhist and often visited monastries. My father’s older sister, my aunt, goes to church and I was told that she disliked how my grandmother pushed Buddhism towards her (so she decided she wanted to decide on her own religion). Being the only child out of his siblings living in the same city as his parents, my father sometimes visits to monastries with my grandfather (and used to go with my grandmother), but is not particularly religious.</p>
<p>When I was younger my family was not at all religious, however, I did attend church for short periods of time throughout my childhood. My brother’s religious views clash with my mother’s as she wants him to see the Christian outlook on life but he is pretty much an athiest/</p>
<p>So, to conclude, the majority of my family members are not affilated with any particular religion. As for me, I am undecided and try to maintain a curious and open-minded view on religion.</p>
<p>4/4 grandparents are Christian, with 3 Catholics and 1 Protestant. Not sure about all of their political views, but it’s safe to say that all are more conservative than I am.</p>
<p>My father is Catholic, an Irish Republican, a registered Democrat, and agrees with me on Socialism. My mother is also Christian, and politically Independent, though more liberal than conservative (voted for Obama, but doesn’t like political parties).</p>
<p>I am Catholic, an Irish Republican, pre-registered Independent, a Socialist, and a Revolutionary one at that. I was raised Catholic, my father and I developed much of our Irish Republicanism and Socialism at the same time, and I derive my views on political parties mainly from my mother, though I do almost always prefer Democrats to Republicans (as does she).</p>
<p>None of them have any real ones. Although there are things each of them finds distasteful. </p>
<p>I’m extremely independent, but I’m also a nihilist. I am very strongly pro-science/technology though.</p>
<p>My grandfather is a stupid fascist (seriously. He loves Mussolini, and wanted my mom to name my brother Roberto as an homage to Rome-Berlin-Tokyo). He’s a christian.</p>
<p>My parents are very liberals socially and economicaly. They are both agnostics, though my dad has jewish roots.</p>
<p>Me and my brothers are atheists. Needless to say we are very liberal too.</p>
<p>My mom is fairly socially liberal. I don’t think she has an ideology on the fiscal front. “Practical,” maybe. At any rate, I’m impressed by how socially liberal she is, both towards things like reproductive rights and gay rights and towards child raising. She was born and raised in China, and while she leans liberal here, she must count as far left there at least. She’s been baptized Christian but I don’t think she believes in biblical canon. She’s more… vaguely spiritual, I guess? She reads Taoist and Buddhist texts, and I think she believes in souls, but I’m not sure whether it’s true belief or a vague half-belief. </p>
<p>My grandparents on my mother’s side are the only ones I know. My grandpa is dead now, but he was very religious-- I remember a huge blowout occurring when I decided to quit going to church-- I think because at the core, he was afraid, and religion was a comfort for him. He was also very socially conservative. He brought pamphlets home about “Marriage is between One Man and One Woman,” for example. My grandma is religious too (also still alive), but, while she is quite devoted, she is less dogmatic and I think she’s mostly in it for the community. She has a sort of “anything goes” philosophy and I don’t think she thinks much about politics-- just goes along with what her friends say.</p>
<p>I’m a strong social liberal, weak fiscal conservative, feminist atheist. I hesitate to apply those labels though because people tend to assume I agree with everyone else who identifies with any of of these labels-- and since feminism and atheism (and fiscal conservatism, where I live) are considered pretty controversial by some, it can lead people to be very… heated towards me in political discussions. But whatever, I like debate.</p>
<p>[ETA] Keep these coming guys, they’re really fun to read!</p>
<p>Mother’s parents: Muslim, Indonesian, IDK their political preferences but I’m assuming the Partai Democratik of Indonesia. Only one is alive, my grandmother.</p>
<p>Father’s parents: neither alive. His mother was a compassionate Christian who I admire greatly. She grew up in pre-civil rights Georgia, and she treated everyone equally. Her husband/my gramps was part of a rival KKK organization and was a drunk.</p>
<p>Thank god my father was raised mainly by his mom, though… my dad is a Democratic/moderate atheist.</p>
<p>My mother is a Democratic Muslim. Strict in some senses (pre-marital sex to her is HELL BOUND!!!) and relaxed in others (her belief of who goes to heaven follows more with the Unitarian belief, given my dad’s religious views). And she believes in Muhammad and stuff. Blah</p>
<p>I am a gangsta aka agnostic/apathetic not-really-Muslim (I don’t eat pork and I fast… uh that’s it). I like the whole Unitarian idealogy though, it’s something I could flow with. I’m a Democrat, I suppose. Far more socially liberal than my parents.</p>
<p>My brother is a Muslim, and a liberal… well, as liberal as a thirteen year old gets. He’s very supportive of the gay movement, as his best friend is gay. Well, ex best friend, but that has to do with moving and not on being gay :p</p>
<p>Guess I should answer my own thread. This is where we stand, as close as I can make it.</p>
<p>My grandparents on one side are very conservative both politically and personally. They are Republicans and evangelical Christians, and are probably more conservative than I am, especially on issues like drugs and alcohol.</p>
<p>On the other side, my grandmother (as well as my grandfather before he lost his mind) is a staunch feminist and Democrat, who has a secular humanist worldview. Obviously she is way more liberal than I am.</p>
<p>My dad is a very solid Christian, but he tends to buck church traditions just because he can. He’s a Republican, or more accurately Not A Democrat. He’s very individualistic, which makes him fiscally conservative and mostly socially conservative.</p>
<p>My mom is to some extent a follower of the whole homeschool/old-fashioned values/antifeminist subculture, though not to the extreme that many of them take it. She is a Republican.</p>
<p>I am a Christian, and generally opposed to anything in which gives the government more control over things. This makes me capitalist and fiscally conservative. I’m also very much anti-entitlements. Socially I tend to be divided, being liberal as to people’s right to do things and conservative as to other people’s right to call it wrong/not associate with it. Overall I’m about as conservative as my parents are, though me and my dad often take different positions on any given discussion just for argument’s sake.</p>
<p>Paternal grandparents were fairly liberal. Non-religious, probably atheist Jews–I think they were that generation who lost their faith because of the Holocaust, but being Jewish is more an ethnicity/race than a religion, so they still maintained their Jewish identities.</p>
<p>My father is more religious than them in terms of following traditions, but he’s atheist. He’s socially pretty liberal, but hard line conservative everything else. He almost always votes Republican, because to him fiscal and military/foreign policy issues are more important than social issues. He’s also a very strong supporter of Israel, and this often affects who he votes for/supports.</p>
<p>My maternal grandparents were social moderates, I’d say. I think they started as fairly socially conservative and shifted to the lift as times changed and they grew older. They were fairly fiscally conservative. They were very religious. My mom is registered independent. She voted for Gore in 2000 but Bush in 2004. Really depends on the candidate. I think she was almost gonna vote for Obama but my dad and I persuaded her not to. She was slightly less religious than her parents, and grew even less so as she’s gotten older/been married to my dad.</p>
<p>I’m a Jewish atheist–I don’t believe in god but I follow many Jewish traditions, identify as Jewish, etc. I haven’t quite worked this out yet… lol.
My political views align very closely with those of my dad, though I’m more socially liberal than he is. I convinced him to support gay marriage–yay!</p>
<p>My grandparents and mother practice the folk tradition in China. We have a small Guanyin shrine-thing in the attic of our house. My father is atheist, I believe.</p>
<p>I’m atheist, but not militantly so. I believe people should have the right to worship what they believe in without getting persecuted for it; since I don’t really believe in an afterlife, I’m quite content with whatever they choose to worship. I’m more interested in humans, the way they work and how best to strive for harmony. I’m quite liberal in terms of political belief–I support gay rights, etc. I actually got into an argument the other day with an overseas friend who didn’t like Muslims. >.> I don’t know. I don’t get mad when people insult me, but I get furious when I hear about things like discrimination.</p>
<p>I sound really, really pretentious. xD Sorry.</p>