Dumping friends over politics or religion

[Catholic_Lady]

I never dumped a friend over politics or religion. There was one who's political views I despised with a vengeance. He dumped me for reasons unknown, but I would have continued the friendship.

Practically all my friends as a teenager had completely different political and religious views as myself. I was relatively more conservative while they were very liberal, and they were pretty non religious and didn't share a lot of my values. Nowadays I have more friends that are more like minded. But i think since i grew up with very different minded folks, it made me more tolerant of opposing views. My best friend remains the same one I've had since high school. A very liberal and non religious woman. It doesn't bother me.

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A vote or a religion cannot describe the entirety of a person. There is no single metric with which the merit the worth of a person as a friend. I'll say right now that there are people who voted for Trump who were "close" to me in some way or another whose true colors shone during the election. I've learned more about them, not because of who they voted for, but because of what they were willing to say and do when it became okay to say and do those things. I've made decisions based on that. I also know people who voted for Trump who are still genuine and kind, if a bit naive. Anyway, nope. Voting preference and religion do not determine who my friends are.

Well said!