Mammele – A certain “Rabbi” got up and asked his Kehilah in public (paraphrasing):
“It used to be, that even thought there were laws, the politicians looked the other way from our group breaking the law. Why do certain people have to shine a light that we get away with what others don’t, and the government should leave us alone?”
This got distributed throughout mass media, and created a huge Chillul Hashem.
We have to ask ourselves the same question here. If we are “breaking the law”, is it worth a few people swimming (of all activities) and the likelihood of a Chillul Hashem? It is bad enough, with the recent NYC police scandal (another Frum Yid was arrested yesterday), that the Aino Yehudim believe that Yidden break the law, and the politicians turn a blind eye. Is this one worth it?
P.S. If there are medical reasons, that may be Doche Tznius concerns, AYLOR.
P.P.S. If it is “REALLY important”, there should be a fundraiser. It would be more important than all the collecting done for Satmar Birkur Cholim, no?