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What did you expect, OP? That every relative will agree with on ALL points?

Tell you child that his grandma is wrong on that one, and not to worry about it.

[b]And try not to have those conversations. I get along with my family, but that's because we don't go into social issues. They are racist against other ethnicities and homophobic (some of them are not white).
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All this does is teach your kids that you prioritize being polite or keeping the peace over standing up for what’s right. And that these views can’t be “that bad.”  I grew up like this. My racist bigot of an uncle warped his kids thinking and now that Trump is President he has gone off the rails because he thinks these views are mainstream acceptable now. It’s torn our family apart, all because no one ever wanted to rock the boat.[/quote]
+1

One of my students mentioned the other day that “it’s not right for two women to be married.” As the teacher, I didn’t want to engage in a political conversation, but it was important to me not to sweep it under the rug, not least because one of my other students had two moms, and to do so would have legitimized the other student’s beliefs to her.

I kept to the facts (“In this country, a person can legally marry who they love, no matter the genders”), and while there was a bit of debate, I got a note later that afternoon thanking me for addressing the issue. [/quote]

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