Neville, Orthodox shuls (that is to say they have a mechitza and use an Orthodox siddur) with non-Orthodox members is nothing new. As I posted in the “Pilgrim” thread, immigrants cast of observance straight away for economic reasons. They and their children (when they went to shul- generally for Yizkor out of respect for their parents) wanted the familiar forms of worship because they at least realized that a shul is. However, the people who go to these shuls are not MO. They are non-observant Jews who want a communal setting and have a natural conservative (as opposed to Conservative) outlook. MO is a halachic/hashkafic sheeta.
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