Mom doesn’t want daughter visiting neighbors
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September 16, 2026

Mom doesn’t want daughter visiting neighbors

DEAR ABBY: My nextdoor neighbors are appropriately friendly, mow their lawn and generally mind their own business. The husband is a leader in a fundamentalist church whose pastor preaches that being gay is a sin and transgender people are mentally ill. My wife and I are lesbians, and our middle child is transgender. This is obvious to anyone who has met us.

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