“and an implication that one is never allowed to not follow his father’s minhag, even in the OP’s case.”
That is a strange conclusion to draw, as I was careful to point out that there are exceptions.
Did you think I meant if a persons father had a minhag of avoda zara he should continue following “Minhag avosihem beyedeihem”?
“L’maaseh, I don’t have a definite opinion on the topic, ”
Nu, so dont comment, there is no law that says you have to comment on every thread particularly if you dont have a “defenite opinion”
All I am saying is mesora should be respected and not discarded lightly.
You seem to agree. Great!
(except for this post in which you downplay keeping mesora, (though granted it is all relative)”I was surprised that the idea of changing minhagim was so controversial. …If a family has a very strong mesora, I guess that changing it would be a big deal. But I think that a lot of families don’t…” )
I’m also surprised you didnt have the OP follow daas Torah which is usually one of your go to comments