I don't feel the need to accept or not accept mels apologies. He is man-imperfect. He owes an apology to his wife and children not me. Why do we expect others to live by our standards? I deplore what he said and feel sorry for him. If he truly thinks this way, he needs help.
I went to a Catholic all girl high school from 1957-1961. We were told NOT to date non-catholics and in particular Jews.
Never could figure that out so I stood up and protested and went to detention for a very long time. Also protested the philosophy that Catholics were "obligated" to vote for JFK.....Yes, we were all bussed to cheer for Kennedy.
Spent a lot of time in detention and if I had to do it all over, I'd do the same again.