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@mekkaokereke @Oggie

I used to be a conservative christian that was married to a guy who crammed the bible down my throat in every argument we had. There's that scripture that says the "husband is the head of the wife" and he spouted that to me every time he got mad at me. I remember him telling me he was going to "make me submit if it was the last thing he ever did."

It was an abusive relationship and I was afraid of him. It was tricky getting away from him but I finally got out and left my conservative christian church too. It was all wrapped up together, my church, my husband.....

I understand this clearly. I could have been one of those women who voted for Kamala in private.

After 7 years of hell, I got out and never looked back. And yeah, I'm a white woman who voted for Kamala last week.

@juliesbits @mekkaokereke @Oggie BTW what you wrote about church and husband being interlaced together is something which many people ignore.
They don't remember or know that disobedience is equal to lose family, friends, social network, so you need to do things in secret

@shigella @mekkaokereke @Oggie

Absolutely true. It was a very dark, lonely time in my life. My church friends and the church leadership offered me no support whatsoever.

But fortunately I was working (out of necessity) and so there were other people on the periphery of my life. Women that I worked with - people who I had thought to be misguided since they did not share in my religious beliefs - these women reached out to me, held me up, loved me and helped me through that really dark lonely time. Their love was life changing.