John Beatty and Charity Moore
John Beatty and Charity Moore John Beatty and Charity Moore John Beatty and Charity Moore John Beatty and Charity Moore

John Beatty and Charity Moore

Recorded July 15, 2025 52:40 minutes
John Beatty and Charity Moore
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Description

One Small Step partners John Beatty (66) and Charity Moore (42) discuss their faith, immigration policy, vaccinations, mental health and work experiences, and how all of this affects their worldviews.

Subject Log / Time Code

3:00
John Beatty and Charity Moore talk about why they wanted to participate in One Small Step.
5:00
Charity describes growing up a military brat.
8:00
The pair talk about vaccines. John’s son left the military over the mandated Covid vaccine. Charity worked in healthcare and has mixed feelings regarding the vaccination. John shares his experience with Covid and the flu.
14:10
John recalls how his mother changed after she experienced electro-shock therapy when he was five years old.
20:00
Participants discuss churches. John recognizes the Catholic church as a political entity run by human beings. Charity feels the “procedures” in the Catholic church detract from spirituality.
25:00
Charity discusses why faith is a big part of her life.
26:12
The pair share experiences in work environments. Charity worked at a hospital and felt like a commodity. John had a similar experience in a corporate job. Charity recognizes that we often identify as our work. She wishes she had put her family first.
30:30
The pair share their political identities. Charity identifies as a Democrat and John identifies as a Republican; both wish there was a third party. John prefers to have government out of people’s lives.
32:30
Participants consider immigration policies. Charity feels that any issue that doesn’t yet affect her, actually is or will affect her. She’s dismayed over current immigration policy. John worries about laws promoting illegal immigration; his former business closed because of this. Charity talks about policy over people.
40:30
John talks about misconceptions people make about him as a Constitutional Conservative. He’s concerned about people struggling economically.
43:09
Charity expresses concerned that anger is directed towards the wrong people.
46:19
They name their hopes. John hopes to be able to give back more. Politically, he hopes the people who want to help others prevail. Charity hopes she has savings to pass onto her daughters. Politically she leaves it to God.
49:01
They talk about what they’ll take away from the conversation. Charity sees “hurt that comes out like hate.” They appreciate each other’s open-mindedness.

Participants

  • John Beatty
  • Charity Moore

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