I’m home from school for the summer and it seems like my parents have become a thousand times more conservative-christian-bigoted-intolerant etc etc than i remember. fox news is on somewhere in the house all day (i’m trying to tune out glen beck at the moment), they force me to sit through homophobic, sexist, bullshit sermons at church with them every sunday, and make me attend bible study for more bullshit. Every time i say something that doesn’t fall in line with their views, i get screamed at. i don’t know how to deal with it, it’s driving me insane. do you have any suggestions for how i can cope without having to resort to homicide?

I'm home from school for the summer and it seems like my parents have become a thousand times more conservative-christian-bigoted-intolerant etc etc than i remember. fox news is on somewhere in the house all day (i'm trying to tune out glen beck at the moment), they force me to sit through homophobic, sexist, bullshit sermons at church with them every sunday, and make me attend bible study for more bullshit. Every time i say something that doesn't fall in line with their views, i get screamed at. i don't know how to deal with it, it's driving me insane. do you have any suggestions for how i can cope without having to resort to homicide?

Asked by Anonymous

I’d say make it very clear how unwelcome you feel in the house simply by leaving. Find somewhere else to stay. Explain that you constantly feel you’re walking on eggshells because people are expecting you to respect their views and preferences without respecting yours at all. Tell them if they care more about silly ideologies than their own family, then you can’t take any more of it and will come back only when they’re willing to compromise rather than making you feel uncomfortable in your own home.