“Simcha, eliezer melamed has disqualified himself from being a posek by believing that all a “ger” has to do to be jewish is be as observant as a traditional chiloni Israeli.”
Not saying we should hold like this today, but the gemara explicitly talks about gerim getting through the process and still having no knowledge of hilchos Shabbos. I would have to see the context of this guy’s teshuva to know if it’s really as controversial as you present it.
DaMoshe:
Don’t ask me to explain why, because I don’t know, but it seems like the accepted thing is for people to be meikel on dishes, but machmir on actual food-items in a case of machlokes.
Simcha:
I think we’re basically in agreement that we understand both sides of this.
Also, I don’t think the mods are in the game of deciding which rabbis are reputable, so I wouldn’t use that as a proof. I’m not siding with Avira, just saying I wouldn’t make the blanket assumption that the mods agree with all shittos/hashkafos that are allowed though.