My family are very, very religious in Texas. They're Southern Baptists. I left to go to New York when I was 17 and I realised I wasn't Southern Baptist. That's not how I am inclined.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My family is still very Southern Baptist, and they're religious.
Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.
I grew up as a kind of nondenominational Christian. I have two uncles who are Baptist ministers. I went to a Samoan church when I was younger. I went to a Catholic school, so I was actually able to experience a lot of different religions. Mormonism, as well. My father in-law, who I'm very close with, is a Muslim.
My parents aren't crazy conservative. They're actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I'm from, East Texas, is the Bible Belt.
The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists.
I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
I was born in a hurricane in Pensacola, Florida... my dad was in the military, so we moved all over the place. But I consider myself a southerner from Louisiana. I've lived in Texas for most of my adult life.
But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.
I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.