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  • Next time, try "what difference does it make?" or if you don't want to be confrontational, "It's medically necessary."

    You shouldn't have to feel anxious just for getting a meal.

  • And nothing heinous has ever been done without religion?

    The faithful give over three times as much in charitable donations as the secular, and volunteer three to four times as often.

    Plus, the religious have been persecuted for their beliefs as long as there had been human history, which is what you are proposing by suggesting that religion should be eliminated.

  • I am fairly faithful, though more liberal than many in my faith. My kids have come out to me maybe a dozen times in total, and have been disappointed every time because I didn't go crazy on them. Most religious people don't hate LGBTQ, even if they also don't agree with some of it. Most religious parents love their children AND their faith, and are willing to let their kids make their own choices.

    Don't let a vocal few and their media response cause you to try to squish your parents into a box. They can love you and not love your choices, but also support you making them. Not everything is black and white. If you have kids, some day your kids will subscribe to ideologies you don't like, too. It's part of parenting. Parents are allowed to be disappointed when their kids reject the things they love.

    Just stay true to what you feel is right, try to love your imperfect parents, give it a few years and everything will look much different one way or the other.

  • Just this week, I sat across from a male psychologist while he asked me if I'd reported abuse my daughter went through at the hands of her dad.

    No, I didn't.

    First, she didn't say anything until years later, when she no longer had to see him.

    Second, the second time I did report something, I was told to stop causing trouble between me and my ex spouse, or I'd lose custody of the kids. I was terrified of being able to protect them even less.

    Third, each time I reported cost me thousands of dollars I didn't have because he retaliated through the courts.

    So no, I haven't reported anything since then. And yes, I'm ashamed. But shame or not, I don't know what I could have done differently.

    The courts truss women like pigs and roast them on a spit for even hinting at trying to protect their kids, then skewer them again when they don't.