Should morality be a necessary qualification for leadership? Particularly when one holds public office?

"Trump-loving pastor stuns Joy Reid by blurting ‘morality’ is not a necessary qualification for leadership"

“We want all of our candidates to be moral, but morality is not the only qualification for leadership.” ... Pastor Mark Burns of the Harvest Praise and Worship Center in South Carolina

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/trump-loving-pastor-stuns-joy-reid-by-blurting-morality-is-not-a-necessary-qualification-for-leadership/

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

If you are going to base your judgement of a candidate based on what they may or may not have done 30 or 40 years ago then you have made a faulty judgement. If the behaviour continues today then there is an issue.

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@hippyjoe1955 So it was ok for Moore to sexually abuse children because your lord has now forgiven him ?