Atheists do you live by the code of "love thy family no matter what"?

I'm not an atheist, as there are no atheists or theists.

Self is an illusion resulting from the von economo neurons in fronto-insular and anterior cingulate cortex.

Codes are psychological fantasies and completely unnecessary. The brain is already hard-wired for social reasoning. No need for morals or religions.

I have some family members that are alcoholics. I may not always like what they do, but I still care about them. I don't like that my brother-in-law can get so drunk, that you have to pull over on the side of the road to let him throw up a couple times, but I still love him. Outside of the booze he's a nice guy, but he has some issues that he won't confront so he hides in a bottle. I'm not aware of any family members that are murderers, but if one was, there probably would be an irrational side of me that would still care about them

I am the only atheist in the family. There is a family member, a staunch Christian, who spends half his time getting drunk and afterwards getting verbally very aggressive.

I have avoided him for years now, drunk or sober, because I find that he lacks respect (I happen to believe that respect is a quality that should be encouraged) and is completely unpredictable.

For the rest of the family, whom I do not see very often, I have no problems. I had great relationships with both my (committed Christian) parents before they died and at times I still miss both of them.

Nah, I live by the code of "tit for tat". I am supportive by default, but if they become abusive, they will lose my support.

I implement this code in other areas of life as well. For example, I never block anyone on Yahoo unless they block me first or start spamming me or something. Everyone are entitled to their opinions even if I consider these opinions wrong. But abuse will not be tolerated.

I don't consider someone family just because we share similar genes. I take their actions and declared choices into account. As such, I have people I consider family members with whom I have no blood nor legal relationships and I have blood relations whom I do not consider family.

Love and support are different things. I couldn't stop loving them if I tried. Doesn't mean I would still be loyal to a murderer. I believe in second chances and rehabilitation though....depending on crime/person/context.

I don't. I want as little to do with my family of origin as possible. I also believe in the right to divorce my own adult family

Why just ask atheists, I have met many Christians, Jews and Muslims that turn hate on their children for becoming atheist.

I love my family as long as they do behave as a family, blood relations worth **** to me. I have a strong relationship with my family.

I'm not for the idea that you should have to love someone you honestly don't care for just because they're related to you by blood. I don't love my mom because I'm related to her, I love her because she raised me and loves me unconditionally. There's a difference in my eyes.