Comments on: YWN Editorial: Same Gender Marriage – A Threat to Our Lifestyle

By: hayjay

hayjay — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:54:36 +0000

To Nameless:
I’m not trying to besmirch Rav Dovid Feintein chas v’sholom, but it does happen to be well known to people on the Lower East Side that Shelly Silver quite often consults with Rav Dovid on many important matters.
At the very least, why is it that we didn’t hear any criticism of Shelly from Rav Dovid for now twice voting in favor of Gay marriage. In fact, this time around Shelly even co-sponcered the Gay marriage bill in the NYS Assembly.

By: nameless

nameless — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:11:59 +0000

Shelly doesn’t take orders from anyone, least of all Rav Dovid. Don’t try besmirching Rav Dovid with Shelly’s chillul hashem’s.

By: hayjay

hayjay — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:47:20 +0000

Did anyone consider for a moment the possibilty that R’ Dovid Feinstein shlita, whose close with Mr. Silver in their Lower East Side neighborhood, privately gave Shelly Silver a heter to vote for this bill since he might lose his position as NYS Assembly Speaker if he voted otherwise and will then be unable to help klal Yisroel in other important areas?

By: nameless

nameless — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:42:58 +0000

chrlie56: No, hes accusing you of being a mechitzif and a menuval for attacking Rav Miller. If Rav Miller deemed support of Buchanan appropriate, a little nobody as yourself is no one to dispute it.

By: deepthinker

deepthinker — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:08:19 +0000

Dear charliehall (no. 50):

I’m shocked that an card-carrying Democrat Liberal intellectual, such as you, would resort to ad-hominym character assassination attack on Rabbi Levin.

Surely, you know that he was simply following the instructions of his now-sainted Rebbe, Rav Avigdor Miller, ZT”L.

Shame on you!

By: nameless

nameless — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:31:55 +0000

Yasher koach for the tzaddik Harav Yehuda Levin shlitta for all he does for klal yisroel and for Rav Avigdor Miller for having enabled Rav Levin in his Torah missions.

By: nmo

nmo — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:09:25 +0000

This is my first time writing anything here and I’m saddened that it has to be this.

These are the 2 most important senators to lobby, due to as far as I was able to make out they never said there position

Carl Kruger
contact
District Office
2201 Avenue U
Brooklyn, NY 11229
Tel: (718) 743-8610
Fax: (718) 743-5958
Albany Office
913 Legislative Office Building
Albany, New York 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2460
Fax: (518) 426-6855
Email: kruger@senate.state.ny.us

John Sampson
District Office:
9114 Flatlands Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Tel: (718) 649-7653
Fax: (718) 649-7661
Albany Office:
409 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2788
Fax: (518) 426-6806
Email: sampson@senate.state.ny.us

here are the 19 sponsors/cosponsors of the bill in the senate

Tom Duane (sponsor)
cosponsors
Eric Adams, Neil Breslin, Martin Malave Dilan, Pedro Espada, Craig Johnson, Jeff Klein, Liz Krueger, Velmanette Montgomery, Suzi Oppenheimer, Kevin Parker, Bill Perkins, Diane Savino, Eric Schneiderman, Jose Serrano, Toby Stavisky, Daniel Squadron, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Antoine Thompson

Malcom Smith is on record in favor of the bill

If you live in one of theses districts were there is a realistic (though far fetched in some) shot of voting them out I beg (especially Parker who was recently arrested) you to contact your senator and show them there will be consequences if they vote for it

Eric Adams
District Office:
572 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11225
Phone: (718) 284-4700
Fax: (718) 282-3585
Albany Office:
Legislative Office Building, Room 915
Albany, New York 12247
Phone: (518) 455-2431
Fax: (518) 426-6856
Email: eadams@senate.state.ny.us

Craig Johnson
District Office:
151 Herricks Road, Suite 202
Garden City Park, NY 11040
P: (516) 746-5923
F: (516) 746-5926
Albany Office:
814 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
P: (518) 455-2622
F: (518) 426-6894
Email: johnson@senate.state.ny.us

Jeffrey Klein
Albany Office:
Capitol Building
Room 427
Albany, New York 12247
District Office:
3713 East Tremont Ave
Bronx, NY 10465
Telephone:
718-822-2049
518-455-3595
Toll Free – (800) 718-2039
Fax:
718-822-2321
Email: jdklein@senate.state.ny.us

Suzi Oppenheimer
Albany Office
806 Legislative Office Building
Albany, New York 12247
518-455-2031
District Office
222 Grace Church Street, 3rd Floor
Port Chester, New York 10573
914-934-5250
Email: oppenhei@senate.state.ny.us

Kevin Parker
District Office:
4515 Avenue D
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Tel: (718) 629-6401
Fax: (718) 629-6420
Albany Office:
412 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2580
Fax: (518) 426-6843
Email: parker@senate.state.ny.us

Diane Savino
Albany Office
Senator Diane J. Savino
512 Legislative Office Building
Albany, New York 12247
Phone: (518) 455-2437
Fax: (518) 426-6943
District Office
Senator Diane J. Savino
36 Richmond Terrace, Suite 112
Staten Island, New York 10301
Phone: (718) 727-9406
Fax: (718) 727-9426
Email: savino@senate.state.ny.us

Toby Stavisky
Albany Office:
509 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-3461
Fax: (518) 426-6857
District Office:
144-36 Willets Point Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11357
Tel: (718) 445-0004
Fax: (718) 445-8398
Email: stavisky@senate.state.ny.us

Dan Squadron
Albany Office:
946 Legislative Office Building
Albany, New York 12247
518-455-2625
District Offices:
401 Broadway, Suite 1901
New York, New York 10003
Tel: 212-298-5565
Fax: 212-298-5574
Brooklyn District Office:
Borough Hall, Room 240
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 802-3818
Email: squadron@senate.state.ny.us

Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Albany Office:
State Senate of the State of New York
805 LOB
Albany, NY 12247
(Tel.) (518) 455-2585
(Fax) (518) 426-6811
District Office:
86 Main Street
Yonkers, NY 10701
(Tel.) (914) 771-4190
(Fax) (914) 771-6045
Email: scousins@senate.state.ny.us

Malcolm Smith

District Office
Office of New York State Senator Malcolm A. Smith
205-19 Linden Boulevard
St. Albans, NY 11412
Tel: (718) 528-4290 / Fax: (718) 528-4898
Albany Office
Office of New York State Senator Malcolm A. Smith
909 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2701 / Fax: (518) 455-2816
Majority Leader’s Office
Office of New York State Senator Malcolm A. Smith
250 Broadway, Suite 1930
New York, NY 10007
Tel: (212) 298-5585 / Fax: (212) 298-5605
Email: masmith@senate.state.ny.us

if you live on Long Island the LI Republican Senators are the ones the pro Toavah people are counting on

Charles Fuschillo
District Office:
5550 Merrick Road
Suite 205
Massapequa, New York 11758-6238
516-882-0630
Fax: 516-882-0636
Albany Office:
Room 615 LOB
Albany, New York 12247
518-455-3341
Email: fuschill@senate.state.ny.us

here are the ones who are considered in decided
James Alesi, R-Upstate (East Rochester)
Kenneth LaValle, R-Long Island (Port Jefferson)
John J. Flanagan, R-Long Island (East Northport)
Brian X. Foley, D-Long Island (Blue Point)
Owen H. Johnson, R-Long Island (West Babylon)
Charles Fuschillo, R-Long Island (Merrick)
Hiram Monserrate, D-NYC (Jackson Heights)
Joseph Addabbo, Jr., D-NYC (Ozone Park)
John Sampson, D-NYC (Brooklyn)
Carl Kruger, D-NYC (Brooklyn)
Ruth Hassell-Thompson, D-Westchester (Williamsbridge)
Vincent Leibell, R-Westchester (Patterson)
Kemp Hannon, R-Long Island (Garden City)
Andrew Lanza, R-NYC (Staten Island)
Betty Little, R-Upstate (Queensbury) (conflicting reports suggest she’s against it but she may go the other way)
David Valesky, D-Upstate (Oneida) (officially undecided; constituent e-mail hints opposes Toavah Marrige)
Catharine Young, R-Upstate (Olean)

By: goodbye

goodbye — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:34:21 +0000

43: Yes it is from the 7 Mitzvos, and a goy who is over on it – even once – is chayov misa. Beyond that, to officially sanction it is even worse and brought the mabul, as Rabbi Levin wrote in his piece.
#50: I am told that Rav Miller supported Buchanan. To his da’as Tora, the only important issues in a campaign were ones of values and mitzvos b’nei noach such as infanticide (abortion), arayos/morality (anti-’gay’), dinim (toughness on murder and other crime). These were things he felt he could trust Buchanan most with.

By: Bemused

Bemused — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:15:08 +0000

Stamyid,

You sound ridiculous. At least research your positions before posting them for all to see. Living together with commitment is marriage for Nochrim- this is not the forum to elaborate on the specifics.

By: Health

Health — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:10:20 +0000

To 41,
Your degrogatory comment is based on your ignorance (am-haaretz). Open up a sefer. Living together is called acc. to the torah marriage by the goyim-the torah doesn’t require a gov. piece of paper!
Even Jews it’s only at the most a Lav, but living with your wife (or anyone) who is a niddah is Korais.