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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Your "respect" is one sided. They should respect your belief that drinking alcohol is ok. Why do the ultra-religious get to inflict their views on the rest of us by taking unreasonable offense or being judgmental, yet we can't do it back to them? Seems pretty hypocritical on their part. They don't have to drink the wine, but they ought to bite their lips and act like grown ups when a grown woman from a different background has a drink.
This "respect" either goes both ways or it goes none.
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Your idea of respect is a little different from mine and EO's. My family respects that I drink and they don't. They've never once suggested that I need to stop drinking to be a Christian. In exchange, I respect them by not slapping them in the face with it.
You don't seem to respect the decision of others to not drink when you suggest that it is socially wrong for nondrinkers to throw a party (which is what a wedding reception is) at which alcohol is not served. Why? Doesn't the host have the right to set the menu, beverages included? Should an ardent vegetarian have to offer steak as one of the entrees at the reception? You as the invited guest have the right to decline the invitation to any party if you don't think it will be enjoyable. But I don't think you have the right to demand it be the kind of party you want it to be. That's not giving them respect.
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