Ex-Calvinist (protestant, but not evangelical)
John Birch is far too liberal for me, but then again Carl Marx is far too Conservative for me...they say that if you go far enough to the right or left the posistions eventually meet, that's where I am on the political spectrum; soldily to the right of the conservatives and left of the liberals
I think you put forth too many parameters to constitute half of the board, but I think you are correct when you refer to the board being dominated by converts, and converts tend to be more radical and 'conservative' than those who were born into the faith, they also tend in introduce cultural elements of their former religion. That's not to say that ethnic Orthodox Christians are immune to this, just that it is more prevalent amongst converts.
As far as the number of Southrons on this board, I believe you will find that many are simply Southron Simpathizers, my family hasn't been anywhere South of the border states (unless you count Southern California
) for about 100 years. And while I am unable to speak for the others on this board, I am a Monarchist first and foremost, and simply view opposition to the Confederacy while supporting the Revolution to by pure hypocracy; but in the End, both North and South share in the Sin of Rebellion against the Crown, and whatever ill befalls either is ultimatley nothing more than reaping the fruits of Rebellion; I would have simply prefered to see the hypocrites in the North reap those fruits, the justice would have been more poetic.
God Save the Queen!
but i like kentucky bourbon so i guess i am southern in spirit if not in flesh.
Well, heck, if that's all there is to being Southron, I'm more Southron than any of you, regardless of where you were born