Respectfully, the thread's title might include "with a broken broomstick" to clarify the nature of the sodomy and the justification for 24 years of imprisonment.
I really believe you are being oversensitive about the thumb-up emoji, and if you let your loved one know your feelings about it, you would probably be relieved of it in future communications.
And, yes, Joe Burrow:
People who are guided by their faith are tolerable. Religious zealots are the worst. I've experienced religious zealots within my own family, family friends and some neighbors. They all carry a Bible in one hand and a knife for backstabbing in the other.
If there is an after-life, and they are going to be there, I'll pass.