metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
We have a similar situation in our family as our son is a gung-ho Trump supporter, although he is an atheist. Needless to say, we don't talk about this with him, especially since he suffers from bipolar disorder and can sometimes fly off the handle and/or sink into depression.My son stopped in yesterday, always love to see and visit with him. He just returned from Florida, Disneyworld.
Our of the blue he asked what I thought of Governor DeSantis and that was the beginning of the end of a lovely visit. Politically we are on the opposite sides. To makes matters worse of course the topic of abortion raised its ugly head, and all hell broke loose. My oldest daughter, who lives with us, had an abortion when she was 17. She was experiencing seizures and was on medication the doctor considered unsafe for the baby. I did not know she was pregnant. My son, who is now an evangelical, belongs to a church in which they live by the Christianity of St Paul. Jesus said he came, 'not to bring peace on earth, but division; even in one’s own household, two against three and three against two.' All this leaves me, a mother who loves all her children, in the middle.
Thus, my heart pours out to you, and I hope and pray things get better.