Reply To: Can a candidate with an immoral past be president?

Home Forums Decaffeinated Coffee Can a candidate with an immoral past be president? Reply To: Can a candidate with an immoral past be president?

#845103
longarekel
Member

It is possible that even if it’s not one of the seven laws, it would still be asur because it is a sevara, as BT points out. There are those that say a goy is obligated in hakaras hatov because it is a sevara.(Dama be Nesina by kibud av v’aim of a goy). However it seems he would not be killed for this as he would be when in violation of the seven laws. As for an immoral president, a country gets the leader that it deserves.