After the lifting of martial law in 1987, there was a great expansion of freedom of speech. At the temple, conversation centered around statements of support for the just-established Democratic Progressive Party, which grew directly out of the opposition movement.
七十六年解嚴之後，言論自由大為開放，黨外時代延伸下來的民進黨支持論調便成為廟埕言論的主流。