Asking Eric: I’m the bride’s great-uncle who’s going to hell

Dear Eric: I have a distant relationship with my brother as I am a gay man with a “new thought” religion, both of which he says will send me to Hell.

We communicate mostly by email on birthdays and Christmas; we did get along well when we had to settle our father’s estate more than 10 years ago.

I sent my nieces gifts on their birthdays and Christmas until they turned 18 and stopped thanking me. I’ve seen one niece in person in the last 20 years. Two of the nieces send Christmas wishes at times.