Reply #18: It's heartbreaking, isn't it?

[fairfaxvadem]

I'm in a similar but not quite as extreme situation w/my friend of 35 years. Her family has totally bought in to this GOP'er line. We just don't talk politics anymore. Sometimes I get the feeling she is torn between going along w/her husband and her own family vs. making a stand. I think she is taking the path of least resistance.

At least in her case, for example, after exploring some of the "private" schools around here, she decided the parents were all kooks and pretentious, and put her kid in good old Fairfax County public schools where she doesn't have to fake it. Although when I asked her, with quality public schools, why spend the money on a private elementary school, she did use the code words of "cultural" crap. I attribute that to too much Fox News watching and this weird, misplaced fear of gays and lesbians that so many GOP'ers seem to have fallen prey to.

Good luck with your friends. If you ever get that phone call down the road when they wake up to the realities, welcome them back.