Dear MM, My problems were closer. My mother was a Southern Baptist Democrat and my father was an Episcopalian Republican. It wasn't all bad; I learned tolerance at an early age. Tom Marilynn Masten wrote: > I once belonged to Colonial Dames of 17th Century, DAR, Dau. of 1812 and > United Daughters of the Confederacy. Then I was asked to join the Tory > organization. I gave up. I quit them all. I had relatives on the Union > side during the War between the States. I had Patriots in my family and I > had Tories fighting each other during the Rev. War. My DNA says I have both > Jewish and Arab blood. No wonder I have indigestion. > Marilynn > IBSSG > >