Father Forgive Us - For We have ALEC Sinned

The question has arisen multiple times across tweetdom lately

Do we forgive someone after they spent time or money doing the evil deeds of the American Legislative Exchange Council?

If a legislators drops ALEC - do they get to repent?

If a corporation quits in 2012 - does that automatically wipe clean the slate of  financial support they have given to ALEC - financial support that got us to where we are today in relation to the evilness of ALEC.

The topic came up again today in a tweet roll.

Stace Nelson was elected in 2010.

Stace Nelson was not just a run of the mill ALEC member - he was a task force member on the Civil Justice Task Force in 2011 .

The Madville Times notes in 2013:

Rep. Nelson appears on Sourcewatch's list of ALEC-affiliated South Dakota politicians. Rep. Nelson did indeed join ALEC during his freshman term in 2011, as he says is expected by leadership of their rookie legislators. After his first year of Pierre rough-and-tumble opened his eyes to the crony-capitalist machinations of ALEC and the SDGOP, Nelson says he canceled his ALEC membership and did not re-up after his 2012 re-election. He says he has discouraged others from joining ALEC.

Forced to join.  Something like my ten year old use to say - back in the day - "They made me do it"
Really?

Well - Mr. Nelson wants you to review his record and his reputation and forget about the ALEC stuff - cause he was forced to do that, because of peer pressure.

Nelson describes himself as "probably the most conservative elected official in the state of South Dakota, and...probably the least partisan."  
^{Source:  His wiki page}

The most conservative elected official in SD - does not belong to ALEC, the most conservative political organization in the United States.

My skepticism of ALEC members (past and present) makes me ask the question - Did he quit ALEC  before or after he decided to run for US Senate?

If a legislators drops ALEC - do they get to repent?

Mr. Nelson wants you to review his record and his reputation and forget about the ALEC

If a legislators drops ALEC - do they get to repent?
Each person will have their own response to that

But
Mine is
    NO!
    As long as they keep the ALEC secrets, secret - they are still aiding and abetting ALEC.

    Maybe - if
    They come clean - in public - about their involvement with ALEC and why they
    quit and why others should quit - - - - publicly - - - -
    then maybe.
    If they are willing to bring ALEC out of the shadows - then maybe.