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I've groused here before about the Christian bias of the Order of the Eastern Star. I wish I'd planned ahead and announced that I wouldn't be at tonight's big Installation of New Officers because it's a religious holiday for my in-laws (who are extremely non-observant, only "culturally Jewish," but could have been used behind their backs to make a point).

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[jducoeur]

Not in this case: while my heritage is solidly Jewish on both sides, my mother converted to Lutheranism (because it's what the neighbors were) years ago, and I've long suspected that my Dad's parents were closeted communist atheists. So my religious upbringing was basically nil...