Hanging out at a friends house last night.

[Brian37]

There is some vitriol and misrepresentation going on there. I apologize for injecting my opinion, because you obviously just want to vent.
To clarify I actually suggested you completely ignore their requests to bow your head or hold hands and grab a turkey leg instead, for the simple fact they obviously weren't addressing you specifically but the room generally.

As a side note, I've had meals in a shared synagogue with a Messianic group. As long as we didn't prepare the ham in the kitchen, they were fine with that. They even came and ate with us. The only thing we did different is label things with pork, they didn't partake of any and everyone wins. I would never offer a person I knew was Jewish a ham sandwich. If I'm offering ham sandwiches to a group though, I don't expect the Jewish person to burn me as a heretic right on the spot.

I'll bow out now, enjoy your turkey day.

Holy crap. This is what majorities in our species never get when dealing with minorities in their societies.

Venting yes, "vitriol" NO, so please stop.

Saying something is annoying isn't saying I want you arrested, or want your religion banned. It is still annoying.

I am sorry it bothers you that I said, it will not kill you, after someone tells you it is not their thing, to refrain from asking them at all. Letting someone stand there even with their heads up, isn't going to cause anyone's death, nor is it going to prevent you from praying yourself. There is nothing wrong with being a good host.

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If I hated them, I wouldn't have gone over there at all. If I hated them I wouldn't have just now thanked them for inviting me. But yea, I "hate" it as in "annoying" not as in "hate" as I want them not to do it at all. Just don't ask me. It isn't that hard to do and it won't kill you.