cherrybim, thank you for clarifying that. You see, when you said the way it used to be, you make it sound like you are referring to the Alte heim, the way the mesora was for generations. What went on in new York in the 60s and 70s is NO RAYA! the rabbonim had enough to contend with, having just come from Europe. There were so many areas in yiddishkeit that were lacking, that not having a mechitza was a “halbe tzara”. Read All for the Boss to see what challenges they had to fight at the turn of the century.
What I would like to know is what was it like i Europe? Mechitza at weddings or no?