Ask Ann Cannon: I respect my daughter’s decision to leave the LDS Church, but she scorns my choice to stay

Dear Ann Cannon • My daughter has decided to leave the LDS Church. While it is disappointing to me, I of course still love her and want her to feel welcome in my home. I have encouraged her siblings (all active) to refrain from “preaching” to her or talking about the church in her presence. They have all done so, as near as I can tell.Unfortunately, my daughter who left the church seems to not miss any opportunity to bash the church around them. If not in their presence, she ins