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[quote=Anonymous]I know people who have beliefs like your cousin.  i don't share them.  Fortunately, the people I know who believe those things are pretty respectful.  They seem to sense I don't want to talk about it, and we all just kind of respect boundaries and avoid those topics.

If anyone I know every pulled the stuff your cousin and her wife is pulling with you, I'd be direct and say, "I don't share your beliefs.  I don't want to discuss them.  And I don't want you discussing those things with my children.  If that's a problem, then we need to wish each other well and part ways."

Period.  You shouldn't have to participate in any kind of religious or pseudo religious ceremony you don't believe in to appease someone else.

Be polite but direct.  No need for words like "whackadoo" or anything else offensive.  In fact, being offensive actually gets in the way of what you are trying to say -- that you don't want to discuss or participate in those things with them.  If you are offensive, then they will think you want to engage in debate.  And that is not your aim.

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