Most songs that I sing have major aspects that I totally disagree with: they convey dysfunctional ideas of love; brutality; manipulation; sexist, racist or classist attitudes; animal abuse (as in cowboy or hunting songs); jingoist nationalism; Christian dogma.... I can't imagine restricting myself to songs I agree with, because it would leave blessed little to sing. Consider it one of the hazards of reasoned thought and iconoclasm that you're always swimming against the tide.

What attracts me in songs are the underlying aspects of common experience, which are more abstract, more emotional, and ultimately more important than what the songs are overtly "about"; I sing to connect with life, not to proselytize my beliefs. Pathos, affection, misfortune, loss, injustice, joy, sharing, humor: that's the level at which songs resonate for me; the rest is window-dressing.

By the way, singers with agenda make me want to gag, no matter how much I may agree with their views.