Reply To: Do MO believe in non-strawman daas Torah?

Writersoul: to your first question, of course we asked them that. I believe the answer is that to the contrary, the kesubah makes it harder to divorce and so stregnthens the marriage.

To your other questions: I don’t think I’m assuming any of those things.

It doesn’t matter if the YU roshei yeshiva are recommending this specific item on hashkafic grounds also. That doesn’t prove anything about the culture generally, since it is only one example and the students who are following may happen to personally agree.

I’m not aware of anyone who disagrees with my strawman assertion. I don’t know everything, but I know at least what the majority of the yeshivish community thinks. I don’t think even chassidish hold of the straw man type.

I don’t know what you mean by objectively. If you mean as opposed to it depending on personal circumstances, that is part of what you would ask the rabbi… If you mean that Hashem in fact does not care, then we aren’t talking about those items.

Ivdu: techeiles is halacha, and is not part of this discussion.