Religion to me = Bible thumper, no disrespect. Or in my mother in laws case "you're all going to hell" thats what she says all the time shes catholicshe told my step daughter if she marries a woman she won't be at the wedding.... she's 15 why would you tell her that! She cried for 3 days
That's how people are around here, unfortunately. A big reason why I keep to myself.
As to that last part, my first thought was similar to Jacin's. You've been given permission to save yourself the invite, because guaranteed someone like that would just ruin the wedding one way or another anyway if they did show up.Well I've had friends all my life in the community, I've had gfs before I got married to men and my now husband's best friend of over 20 years is gay and his partner and I are now best friends lol he's the Thelma to my Louiseplus after 50 years my grandfather came out to the family so that took guts! There's a place in Valhalla for people like them all imo
Love that for your grandfather, how brave! Nothing but support from me!
I am also part of the community, but not in a place where I'm terribly comfortable with being completely 'out' publicly at the moment so that's all I'll say there.ok i guess i understand. no wonder you wouldn’t want someone yelling about hell. but i think someone like mother teresa is awesome. i would welcome anyone like her with open arms
Mother Teresa founded Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation, which grew to have over 4,500 nuns across 133 countries as of 2012.[6]The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy, and tuberculosis. The congregation also runs soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counselling programmes, as well as orphanagesand schools. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and also profess a fourth vow: to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor.”
i just love her
I guess my point is that you don't have to be religious to do any of that, beyond the vows, of course. You can be just as charitable and generous without any sort of religious belief behind your actions. So, to me, there is a huge difference between being religious and being someone who helps people. That all said, I don't think this conversation is really what this board is about, so I will not be engaging further in it.
This is a good point, I've used the word that way as well.
they pretty much free range all day but on the off chance I'm not home I need somewhere for them to "play " during the day lol
Maybe they sense that Hurricane Lee is coming upon them... 
