dunno – “The only option I can give you is to walk through a co-ed college which frum people attend. Among the run of the mill frum people I haven’t seen problems.”
Again, even if people are doing improper things they aren’t going to do it in the middle of a public college now, are they?
“It’s pretty hard to show something that doesn’t exist; however, I am offering you a solution to see that it is not the way you think.”
Again, you chose an unintelligent put-down instead of a logical argument. Ah well, at least you included some logic this time.
SJSinNYC – “Aren’t we talking about those of marriagable age?”
In the classic jewish style, I”m going to answer your question with a question: when you have mixed seating at a wedding, are only those of marriageable age mixed, or is everybody? In all the weddings I’ve gone to, its been all or nothing. And if you mix 16-18 year olds, you’re not asking for trouble, you’re getting down on your hands and knees and begging for trouble.
“As an aside, you would be surprised how many of my right wing friends were not shomer once they got engaged”
I’m very sorry to here that, and I hope they did t’shuvah (if not, Yom Kippur is coming, maybe you should remind them). But what does that have to do with whether there should be mixed seating or not?