I've got one more thing to lighten the mood.
About halfway home from the family gathering, my mom turned on the radio. It was on a right-wing station. I was in the mood for more laughs, so I didn't argue. I couldn't possibly hear anything worse than I what I already heard today. But then, like a gift from the liberal gods, I heard a false equivalency that would make Kosmo blush.
Some host (didn't catch the name) compared legalizing abortions to fucking slavery. It went about as you expected. He went on the moral route, but in totally the wrong direction. I can't remember the exact quote, but it was something along the lines of "If we legalize abortions saying that it's a person's right to choose whether or not to kill that child, then why not legalize slavery? By that logic, it should be a person's right to choose to own a slave." And before you ask, of course he was in favor of having abortions being illegal in rape cases.
