I am a Millennial. (It's spelled with an I not an E)

I am a Navy veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. I am a 25 year old male that supports gay rights/feminism/legalization of marijuana/gun ownership/abortion/taking a knee during the national anthem/racial equality/Immigration. I consider myself a patriot, a veteran, and someone that is proud to live in this Country. The reason I support everything listed above, is because I support freedom. the freedom for everyone to do whatever they want, as long as it doesn't bring any harm to those around them.

I ally with Christianity/Islam/Buddhism/Shamanism/Paganism - I believe that America was founded on the idea that immigrants could come to a land where they are free to practice the religion they choose, free from persecution. America is a melting pot of culture, something that can be hard to see unless you open your view from a Christian mentality. there's an estimated 4200 religions in the world. Fun Fact: every person that is part of the 4200 religions believes that their religion is the 1 true religion.

Persecution of immigrants is nothing new. The Chinese exclusion act of 1882 prevented Asian immigrants from entering the US, because people at the time felt like they were taking all of the railroad jobs. Asian was defined as anyone of Asian descent that didn't look like the people that made the law. The Irish were persecuted when they came to America because they were catholic in a Protestant region. Funny how history just goes around and around in circles. Today it's just Hispanics, and Muslims for the same reasons.

Millenials aren't brainwashed into being a cult. My theory is Millenials, through technology, are becoming more cultured and educated than our predecessors. Technology is advancing our education at an exponential rate. Sadly I dispute this with a rebuttal that you are the one that was brainwashed. Brainwashed into a single religion, a single way of life, a single social society where you only think one way, and every other way is wrong. The only way we can find peace is through understanding one another. The only way this will ever be achieved is by accepting all people, from all religions, with all beliefs, and most importantly respecting those that have a view that is different than ours. I am one person out of 7 billion. I try to keep an open mind as to why people behave the way that they do.

- A brainwashed Millenial

Republicans create more freedom restricting laws.

*Note: this does not apply to White male straight Christians.

First of all, you picked Republicans as creating more freedom restricting laws, which made me laugh.

Second, America was founded on the idea that anyone, from any race or religion could live in a land where they are free to practice their beliefs in a diverse and multicultural "melting pot" of races.

The problem I have with the Republican party, is that their ideologies have diverged to a single "christian" mindset.

I would be a Republican if the GOP still behaved the same way as the Lincoln era. I love the idea of small government, and more freedom. But the GOP has become a party founded on "christian" beliefs, something that doesn't grant much freedom to anyone but a christian.

Republicans want to protect marriage to the christian monogamous man and wife.

Unions protect workers and keep corporations from taking advantage of the working class american.

The population of the world is growing exponentially. Abortion is a great way to not only help that, but (opinion) I believe that a woman should not have to raise a child if she cannot afford to do so. (some children that grow up in foster care develop severe mental issues later in life)

Anti-gay rights- saying that marriage is between a man and a woman. persecuting gays. not providing service to gays.

Anti-drug rights: there is no statistic that says drugs cause at least 1/2 of high school dropouts/crime/poverty. There is evidence to show that growing up in poverty causes dropouts/crime and dems want to try to help those in need, you know, like jesus would do.

Pro-torture- The only thing I have to say, is the US is a country that was founded on due process by law. What makes us "better" than the rest of the world is that we have a humane system of dealing with criminals. There are people in gitmo that have been detained with no evidence of comitting a crime. these people then get released and end up joining the taliban because they hate the US so much "unfortunately we never did it"-- wow.

Also Nixon was president when the first Vietnam draft occured.

I have a lot of issues with the democratic party. But since the great depression, I feel like democrats have been the party trying to look out for the average american. I believe the party is trying to grant freedom to all American's and not just the white christian majority. If you are a white straight male christian, then Republicans provide all the freedom you could want. But if you don't fall into that category then this doesn't really feel like the land of the free.

"grab em by the pussy"- President number 45 (republican)