There is plenty of reason for non-religious to go to Meir Sharim. The neighborhood has sort of cache of a place from another time, sort of a living museum.
Lots of tourists want to see it
Please tell me you did not just say that. You view people who are trying to live their lives by themselves as a “museum” which you go to watch and gawk at?
That is so disgusting I just don’t know what to say.
Just tell us what posek says back of the bus is the Halacha, What Sefer says you must have women at the back of the bus and i dont mean YOUR INTERPRATATION of the Halacha, I mean a direct halacha .
If you are going to defened this practice please tell us where you got it from.
No halacha. I never claimed there was, nor have I seen anyone claiming there was.
It is a chumrah. Much like any chumrah people do.
But, there is a halacha that a man is not allowed to derive any sexual pleasure from a woman he is prohibited to, whether by looking, touching, thinking, or otherwise. Why don’t you tell me that you even try to keep that halacha.
Notably, on multiple websites, I have come across not one person who attempts to keep that halacha, who does not understand why separate seating is a good idea. Why don’t you be the first?
My understanding is that the buses are replacing other buses that would otherwise not be Gender specific. There were non Mehadrin bus lines (and still are) that go to these city pairs. If the mehadrin bus is the next one leaving, why should anyone be forced to wait?
Yes, but the people who use those bus lines overwhelmingly want it.
I don’t get why you think that it is not worth inconveniencing a couple of people a little bit, for something that a lot of people want.
Besides, it isn’t all that bad to ride a separate bus even if you would otherwise sit not separate. Try it; the seats are the same, it goes the same speed, it costs the same amount.