What's in a name?

I've been thinking lately about how we are so pre-occupied with finding out who people are identified with. Like, are you a republican or a democrat? christian or muslim? buddhist? no? atheist? what? And if you say "christian", there's a further breakdown - anglican? baptist? evangelical? It's funny, we don't know how to approach someone or interact with them if we don't know anything about them. We don't like having to listen to what our own spirit is telling us about someone, or just take the time to get to know someone without having any pre-judgements. It's why we miss so many signs in our relationships. We make assumptions based on what category we are able to put people into, but we usually don't see the truth because it's hidden behind those labels. If we take the time to "know" each other, we will "know" the truth about each other that we need to know. And that truth will set us free! That is, free to do what we need to do AND free to be what we need to be with, or for, each other.