This time I initiated the call.
“I’m really upset.”
“With what darling?”
“About Barack Obama’s choice of who to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.”
“You mean that minister who doesn’t believe in gay marriage?”
“Not that. Obama himself doesn’t believe gays should be allowed to marry. I disagree with him but I can at least understand his position.”
“So what’s the problem?” I knew my mother had been distracted by medical problems and hadn’t been following the news as closely as usual.