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In reply to the discussion: I can not have a friend who is a Republican.. [View all]kiva
(4,373 posts)My sister-in-law helped to care for my mother, did her hair every week and and had remarkable patience; she's taken in three grandchildren and made sure they had educations, and regularly prepares meals for her widowed brother-in-law. She's a Republican.
A childhood friend of mine was there through my father's illness and made some remarkably thoughtful gestures when he passed. She's a republican.
A co-worker has been very active in a program to provide food for children on weekends when they don't have access to school lunches. He's a Republican.
The vast majority of my friends, co-workers and relatives are Democrats, but rejecting people based on their political beliefs would rob me of some good friendships.
Edit: I just read your responses to others in this thread and want to apologize for my sincerity, I really thought you were interested in hear what people had to say, not just targeting them for rants about befriending people you assume are all Obama-hating, child-starving, racist, sexist, homophobic, devils. I added this so that you don't need to go through the effort of writing a reply to me.