I remember my dad used to say when it came to talk about my relation with my disfellowshipped mum, that she would have been stoned to death in the ancient isreal. I could read from his face that he would have agreed to such an action. He clearly had no idea what he's taling about.
Even the CO used the same reasoning when tried to convince me not to say hi to my mother. The son of a b**tch...