All of the above are in the range of “normal”
An animal-torturing son (while a Boy Scout, not adult, mind you) means something happened (or failed to happen — e.g., proper instruction and guidance) in the home.
Pure speculation, but typically when a child torture animals, the animals are a “sacrifice” (so to speak) for displaced anger -— i.e., the animal bears the brunt of rage against some other person (or the boy himself) that the boy cannot or will not express.
well, he wouldn’t be the first wild azz preacher’s kid I’ve known.
Let’s posit that Huck was an overly tough father. Does that change someone’s vote? Judge him by his decade in little rock, and the campaign. He’s made plenty of mistakes there. Stick with that.