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RE: advice in dealing with fundamentalist inlaws praying at meals?

June 7, 2014 at 11:45 am

I would go and offer to do the prayer before the meal. Then I would be sure to not mention god even once. Instead, I would offer secular gratitude.

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advice in dealing with fundamentalist inlaws praying at meals? - by matthewcornell - June 7, 2014 at 9:08 am

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