“Then don’t bring your unacceptable lifestyle to a people steeped in Torah, who find this an abomination.”
Will Hill, I don’t know you, but I’ll assume that you are not a Gadol, nor Mashiach, nor any sort of official representative of Am Yisrael. (And, certainly, you are not Hashem.) With all due respect, what gives you the right to classify my lifestyle as unacceptable, and to exclude me from the nation? I truly feel hurt that you have judged my actions as abominable and against the Torah. I am not “bringing” my lifestyle “to” a people; I am part of that people! I am a Jew! I have no problem with you disagreeing with me, but can’t you do it in a more sensitive way?
When a person dies, we say “boruch dayan haemet.” Hashem is the True Judge, the only One who is really qualified to evaluate our behavior and pass judgment on it. Only Hashem can make rulings about my lifestyle. It is not for you or anyone else to do.
mw13, I, unlike Obama, am close with most of my aunts, so I know more about what’s going on in their lives than he does about what’s going on in his aunt’s life. (Also, all of my aunts are “full” aunts, not “half” like his.) If my aunt was physically deported, I’m sure I would know about it, but if she had only received a deportation order and had not left yet, I might not. If my aunt chose not to tell anyone about it- and I can see why she would make that choice- then how would I find out?
What difference does it make to this issue that GMAB holds a particular position on a different issue? You could also say to GMAB that his “only ally” here wears red clothing. That would be just as illogical as telling me that he is pro-choice. These are separate issues and have no place in this discussion. This may surprise you, but I happen to be pro-life (with a few exceptions for certain circumstances; I won’t go into detail about that here.) Even so, I respect GMAB’s opinion and I would never call his views anti-Torah; he simply follows a different interpretation of the Torah than I do on that particular topic. All of this has nothing to do with a discussion about Obama, and I certainly don’t think less of GMAB for his pro-choice views. (Clearly, you do, just as you think less of me for my wardrobe choices. I don’t think that’s fair on either count.)