这对夫妇在政治上有分歧,但因爱而走到了一起
2025-09-26 15:47

这对夫妇在政治上有分歧,但因爱而走到了一起

  

  

  他们在争论堕胎的问题。

  那是在74号州际公路上,开车经过伊利诺斯州乡间一望无际的玉米地时,莱斯利·德兹克(Lesley Dzik)意识到自己一直在对丈夫马特(Matt)提高嗓门。她停了下来,建议他们不要再谈这个话题。他同意了,小货车的车厢里安静下来。

  “我爱你,”他们对彼此说,一直在做手势表达他们对立观点的手在中控台上合拢在一起。

  迪兹克夫妇解决了很多婚姻中常见的问题,从养育子女到金钱。

  但政治吗?这是复杂的。

  Husband and wife, Lesley, left, and Matt Dzik, argue a<em></em>bout abortion as they drive through Champaign County, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Sometimes for the Dziks knowing when to end the co<em></em>nversation is more im<em></em>portant than winning it. “He’s not good at stopping but I’m getting better at walking away,” said Lesley. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  现年56岁的莱斯利是共和党人。68岁的马特是民主党人。她反对堕胎。马特认为女性应该有选择权。她在大流行期间拒绝接种疫苗。他打了针。

  当他们开始约会时,只要在2020年大选前看到他家门口的民主党草坪标志,她就会怀疑他们的关系是否能继续下去。

  但他们都希望能成功。莱斯利读了其他政治分歧夫妇的书以寻求灵感,最终遇到了勇敢天使,这是一个非营利组织,由一位治疗师在前总统唐纳德·特朗普2016年大选后创办,旨在帮助人们弥合政治分歧。他们在那里发现了一个既红又蓝的社区。

  “这给了我足够的希望,”莱斯利说。“我感到安全,我并不孤单。”

  Matt Dzik, right, embraces his wife, Lesley, as he greets her after waking up in Champaign, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Their need for one another is too great to avoid the discomforts of their many disagreements.

  Lesley Dzik looks out her kitchen window, in Champaign, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Lesley is deeply Christian. Matt, her husband sees himself as more spiritual than religious. bout that," she said. "I wonder what I got myself into." (AP Photo/David Goldman)" src="http://www.fdsil.com/file/upload/202410/17/005752721.jpg" loading="lazy">

  Lesley Dzik, left, helps her husband, Matt, place a sheet of plywood at a renovation job he's doing for a fellow church member in Urbana, Ill., Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  从很多方面来看,他们似乎都是一对理想的夫妻。退休的马特经常带花回家给她。她帮他做一些杂活,他为那些请不起专业人员的人做杂活。他开车送她去她工作的伊利诺伊大学图书馆。他们一起在当地一家剧院做志愿者,这样他们就可以免费看演出了。

  莱斯利是一个虔诚的基督徒。马特是一名退伍军人,在天主教家庭长大,但现在他认为自己更有精神而不是宗教信仰。

  A sign encouraging voting sits behind Lesley Dzik, left, and her husband, Matt, in the lobby of The Station Theatre as they volunteer as ushers during a performance in Urbana, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  Lesley, left, and Matt Dzik, stand in their backyard in Champaign, Ill., Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. When they started dating, all it took was the sight of Democratic lawn signs outside his house ahead of the 2020 election to make her question if their relatio<em></em>nship could work. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  Lesley, left, and Matt Dzik, pose for a portrait in Urbana, Ill., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Lesley, a Republican, and Matt, a Democrat, have navigated issues common to so many marriages, from parenting to money. But politics? That's complicated. But love overcomes political differences for this couple. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  我很担心马特,因为我相信圣经是真理,而马特却不太相信

  关于那个,我不知道

  在我把自己卷进的事情里。”

  ——Lesley Dzik

  但他们定期去教堂,祈祷时,他们会互相拥抱。

  善举让他们走到一起,无论是帮助一个坐轮椅的人去教堂,还是照顾一个不会说话的男孩,让他的单身母亲去工作。但在总统选举之前,他们的政治分歧似乎会恶化。

  有时,事情变得如此激烈,他们几天都不说话。

  冰箱门上挂着治疗师的建议,帮助他们克服了不安全感。“我能抱抱你吗?”上面写着。“如果不是,那就说,‘我爱你。你不烂。我十分钟后回来。’”

  在勇敢天使的研讨会上,他们学会了一些技巧来保持政治谈话的文明。说话是为了理解,有一条规则说,不要说话是为了赢。

  他们对彼此的需要太大了,以至于无法避免他们之间的许多分歧带来的不舒服。

  “我们有同样的心,”莱斯利说。

  Attendees from across the political spectrum listen to a Braver Angels lecture on depolarization at the Rogers Free Library in Bristol, R.I., Sept. 12, 2024. The non-profit organization holds workshops and mock debates across the country to help opposing political viewpoints communicate and understand each other's positions. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  A chart and clothespins with their names hangs on the refrigerator of Lesley and Matt Dzik as a communication tool to help express their feelings, in Champaign, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  Lesley Dzik pulls up an o<em></em>nline workshop by Braver Angels, a non-profit that helps people bridge the political divide, to show her husband, Matt, at their home in Champaign, Ill., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. At Braver Angel workshops they've learned some techniques to keep political talk civil. Speak to understand, one rule says, don't speak to win. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  Lesley, right, and Matt Dzik, hold hands as they pray after reading the Bible, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, at their home in Champaign, Ill. The couple attend church regularly and when they pray, they hold each other. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  Matt, left, and Lesley Dzik transport Richard Wellbank to services at The Vineyard Church in Urbana, Ill., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. The couple have both been caregivers to Wellbank who has cerebral palsy and whom they bring to church on occasion from his assisted living facility. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  A message decorates the wall behind Lesley, left, and Matt Dzik, as they read the Bible at their home in Champaign, Ill., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. When they came across Braver Angels, a no<em></em>nprofit that helps people bridge the political divide, they found a community there that is both red and blue.

  Lesley, left, and Matt Dzik, watch a seminary studies presentation by Lesley's son on a laptop in their home in Champaign, Ill., Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. When they started dating, all it took was the sight of Democratic lawn signs outside Matt's house ahead of the 2020 election to make Lesley question if their relatio<em></em>nship could work. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  我喜欢看着她的眼睛,看到她的微笑,我为什么要失去这些呢?

  ——Matt Dzik

  他们找到了他们可以达成一致的事情,比如在他们的前院竖起一根旗杆,悬挂美国国旗。

  她说:“对我来说,这比任何院子里的标志都更鼓舞人心。”“它更持久。”

  Matt Dzik, right, drops his wife, Lesley, off at work at the engineering library at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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