tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post8633286604781551022..comments2023-10-31T12:43:06.690-04:00Comments on NishmaBlog: Rabbi Under AttackNishmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237299801109329429noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-80968143549127062792010-09-13T23:43:12.196-04:002010-09-13T23:43:12.196-04:00Moshe:
When Canada okayed same sex marriages, the...Moshe:<br /><br />When Canada okayed same sex marriages, the legislation had to specifically include the right of clergy to refuse to perform such marriages (based upon religious conviction) or such clergy could have been sued under the Canadian Bill of Rights for discrimination. <br /><br />Your comment is actually very real.<br /><br />Rabbi Ben HechtRabbi Ben Hechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424122479105225620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-54927274567901154612010-09-13T16:05:48.513-04:002010-09-13T16:05:48.513-04:00Yeah? Wait until some feminist decides she has a ...Yeah? Wait until some feminist decides she has a right to sit on the men's side of the mechitzah and takes it to the Human Rights Tribunal. They'll call a Reformer who will say that of course there is nothing wrong in Judaism with mixed seating and there you go.<br />The only reason there have been no pushes to outlaw non-medical circumcision is because they don't want to offend the Muslims. If they could figure out a way to ban it for us without affecting them, they would, just like New Zealand figured out a way to ban shechitah but not halal.<br />Here's what you do: I call it the Avi Shafran method. Just pick your ideology and stick to it. Ignore all those comments and positions that disagree with you. Pretend like everyone thinks like you except a few crackpots and present your point of view that way. Stay focused on the message and ignore the detractors. It works for him, doesn't it?Garnel Ironhearthttp://garnelironheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-7961625210901488692010-09-13T00:45:04.259-04:002010-09-13T00:45:04.259-04:00Rabbi Hecht,
If we don't act soon, this is ju...Rabbi Hecht,<br /><br />If we don't act soon, this is just the beginning. Wait until the US Supreme Court rules that there is a constitutional right to Homosexual marriage. An Orthodox shul could be sued and lose it's tax exempt status for refusing to do homosexual marriages.<br /><br />Moshe Averickmoshe avericknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-17773291446615251522010-09-12T22:26:19.036-04:002010-09-12T22:26:19.036-04:00The question is: what to do?
The reality is that...The question is: what to do? <br /><br />The reality is that Torah Jews are caught, truly, in the middle, trying the walk a tightrope , destined to be misrepresented as adherents of either extreme eventhough what is really being presented in the unique perspective of Torah. We take strong positions on a variety of moral issues but leave any judgement of an individual to God. Those who take such moral stands usually like to attack the sinner aswell as the sin while those who are generally more accepting of an individual usually are also liberal in regard to the essential moral stand itself. We are called upon to maintain a strong moral stand while being also sympathetic to one who deviates from this moral position. That's not easy but that is, in my opinion, the Ratzon Hashem. The question now is: how to maintain this unique position without being labelled otherwise by either side?<br /><br />Rabbi Ben HechtRabbi Ben Hechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424122479105225620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-31323854709006203312010-09-12T18:40:28.841-04:002010-09-12T18:40:28.841-04:00You are dealing with a group that has a very speci...You are dealing with a group that has a very specific agenda.<br />It's belief is that anything other than complete and total acceptance of a honosexual lifestyle as normal is homophobic. The regressive Texas gay-basher and the sympathetic Orthodox rabbi who treats gays with respect while rejecting such a lifestyle as Torah-acceptable are identical to them - homophobic. And if you're homophobic, you're evil, racist, perverted and possibly, just possibly, pro-American.<br />This attack on Torah values will continue to grow because this group's agenda is to attack all those who disagree with it because in their worldview no one can disagree with them at all. Good luck.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttp://garnelironheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com