Dear LFTP: must I support my brother's campaign?
- Must I publicly support my brother's run for state office when his behavior is immoral?
A listener writes that her oldest brother is running for state office despite a record of animal cruelty, refusing to help their elderly parents, and infidelity; family members insist 'blood is thicker than water' and demand she donate and show up. The hosts' answer is no: don't trash him unprompted, but don't lend support either. The Secular answer agrees: keep the checkbook closed. A tangent follows about church eldership standards, prompted by Nathaniel's story of a landlord who was confronted by his church after killing a tenant's dogs.
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