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  • #1311483
    lesschumras
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    Akuperma
    A. Massachusetts passed a law allowing divorce in ,1629. Befote 1776 northen colonies allowed divorce, southern colonies did not. After 1776, divorce was moved from the legislature to the judiciary.
    B. Bnei Torah do want to fit in with the goyim. Why else, when they are caught committing Medicaid fraud do they scream ” but the goyim do it too!!!”

    #1311487
    ubiquitin
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    “spare me the cheeseburger comparison. Goyim are allowed to eat cheeseburgers”

    Im sorry if you misunderstood, I meant The fact that Goyim do esnt affect us.
    If you dont like cheeseburger example. I can change it

    (In response to this: “I think it does effect us. If i see a non jew eating a cheesburger, it is totaly fine with me. I grew a certain definition of marriage and consider it normal. Despite the world changing their mind, for the most part my own personal outlook isn’t changed, ”)

    I dont follow you Goyim worship avodah zarah (whether Hindus, or christians according to thsoe that shituf is assur for goyim) we dont, goyim have 2 men marry we dont.
    Its simple as that.

    “Nobody is celebrating chamas.”

    1) that isnt true.
    2) It still doesnt seem to bother you (not you personally I dont know you in real life) as mush as this issue does. Look at current events and many comments both on line and irl defending or downplaying recent acts of chamas. The Torah says Chamas caused a mabul. improper buisness practices are also called toeivah lets spend energy stamping out those then we will move on to correcting goyim

    #1311504
    oyyoyyoy
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    It’s sad but true. Bh you were raised in a manner giving you the tools and backbone to be completely unaffected by this great medinah of chessed’s culture. I dont think you have to want to fit in to be influenced. Leaving out MO and conservadox (for arguments sake), plenny are connected. Even if most serious yeshivaleit wont have a changed perspective, what about everyone else?

    #1311520
    Gadolhadorah
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    If I understand your perspective, any behavior or communal committment explicitly addressed in the Torah is a fundamental moral imperative….everything else is a discretionary policy choice over which reasonable yidden might disagree. I guess that works for you but what about the young child of a single mother who would like to observe the mitzvah of “u’shamartem es nofshosechem” but sadly lacks the resources to provide for preventive health care. Is it the responsibility of the tzibur to provide a social safety net or simply allow for those who want to voluntarily give tzadakah to do so and if not, the child may be at risk from fatal childhood diseases.

    #1311543
    oyyoyyoy
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    i hear. i shall contemplate this matter. (just had big supper, ugh cant move or think)

    #1313396
    ColumbiaGrad17
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    Regardless of one’s adherence to the Torah, it is both immoral and cruel to force individuals who do not follow the religion to follow your own specific guidelines. It is most certainly not our place to dictate the law of the land as it pertains to same-sex marriage, nor is it our place to dictate any law from a strictly religious standpoint. The separation of church and state exists for a reason.

    #1313540
    Joseph
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    CG17, I take it you object to state laws enforcing prohibitions against pubic nudity that are based on religious morals.

    #1313976
    Avi K
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    Akuperma, we have an obligation to be a light unto the nations. How to do so is a machloket between Rav S.R. Hirsch, who says that the way is to be part of their societies, and Rav Kook, who says that the way is to establish a Torah society in EY which will be an example for them. There are also rabbanim in both Chul and EY who are advisors to Bnei Noach groups.

    If someone holds like Rav Hirsch and has an interest in law (s)he (Judge Rachel Freier comes to mind) should work hard and advance in the judicial system. Perhaps even become the first Jewish Chief Justice of
    SCOTUS (while there have been several associate justices there has never been a Jewish CJ – Abe Fortas was nominated by LBJ but withdrew after a scandal regarding lecture payments broke). Those who hold like Rav Kook should do the same in Israel (in fact, Justice Minister Shaked has expressed a desire to bring Chareidim into the judicial system and even instituted a program to attain this (you can google שרת המשפטים איילת שקד סיכמה עם נשיאת העליון מרים נאור לקצר את תהליך כניסת מועמדים חרדים לשפיטה לאור תת הייצוג במערכת ומתוך מטרה לראות “שופט חרדי ).

    #1313977
    Health
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    GH -“(as it is in EY and most of the world outside the U.S.) and subsidized as necessary by the government, the market will NOT voluntarily provide care to those who cannot pay (we can argue why) but run in the direction of offering higher quality service at increasingly higher prices to those that can afford it”
    The problem with you & all liberals is that you make positions based on true facts, but don’t come out with normal conclusions!
    I agree with this – the gov. should provide healthcare for poor people, but why everyone?
    They shouldn’t have started Medicare & it’s high time to get rid of it!

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