Comments on: OU Deeply Disappointed in Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Denial of Religious Freedom on Campuses

By: tzippi

tzippi — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:10:54 +0000

Whoops, no edit function. This is what happens when you skim.
Read the first line of the article. OU kashrus is just one function of the UOJCA.

By: tzippi

tzippi — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:08:25 +0000

Besmart, go the website of the Orthodox Union of Jewish Congregations of America (that’s the full name, IIRC but you’ll find it under OU) and you’ll see just what else they do. (Many of us can and should thank them for the pillars of our communities who are NCSY alumni, for starters.)

By: Besmart

Besmart — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:59:37 +0000

is the OU a kashrut organization or are they in politics.

By: akuperma

akuperma — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:18:35 +0000

The Court’s decision doesn’t prevent any organization from limiting membership based on support for an ideological goal. What it prevents is having a religious or sexual “test” for becoming a member. The “Religious zionist” group can require that supporters favor religious zionist, and the “Neturei Karta” group can require that one oppses zionism (or the young Democrats can require that one supports the Democrats) – but saying a class of persons can’t join is the problem.

The campus atheists and the campus gay rights groups exist, but don’t have an elaborate faith test for joining, and they manage fine. As long as the Christian group and the anti-gay group are treated the same as the atheists and the gay groups, there is no discrimination issue.

It should be noted the US abolished “faith tests” in 1787, and have managed to discriminate nicely ever since. As this is a law school, the students should be clever enough to figure out how to exclude people they disagree with without reliance on a prohibited test.

By: some_jew

some_jew — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:02:47 +0000

This is an extremely carefully written article. Kudos to the UOJCA for finding a way to make what the CLS did sound noble.

By: SJSinNYC

SJSinNYC — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:38:52 +0000

Where I went to school, we had a very nice black woman who joined the Jewish Student Union. It didn’t detract at all.

By: 2pence

2pence — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:17:04 +0000

“We are deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s ruling today. If the First Amendment guarantees anything, it guarantees the right of people of faith to associate and join in expressions of faith without state interference and without the state placing a burden on their religious activities.

It still does. But you DON’T have the right to the institution/state’s money. There’s a saying about having your cake and eating it too…

By: Your Sister

Your Sister — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:53:49 +0000

I agree with the OU. It opens the door for admission for the greatest Arab haters of Israel to every Hillel Society between the Verrazano to the Golden Gate.

By: eric55

eric55 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:50:32 +0000

i guess we won one and lost another