But to him it's an "ideology" that she's been captured by, & I don't quite get that. I mean, I do, because I know about his right-wing influences, but...
Is the "ideology" that you can exist however you want to as long as you aren't harming anyone? In principle, he of all people ought to agree with that.
I haven't talked to my niece, so I don't know her feelings except through his lens, but I'm going to encourage him to stop seeing "ideology" & see his daughter & her feelings & experiences.