This whole discussion of ‘Orthodox’ and ‘Non-Orthodox’ shuls reeks of the ‘no true Scotsman’ fallacy from both sides…
Hmmm.
You defy logic. Any normative assessment will violate your “no true scotsman” rule. If I say that if a shul has a cross in it, it is not orthodox, you will also say that is a self fulfilling argument.
And of course it is self fulfilling; that is what I am trying to do. I am trying to make a normative statement and define orthodoxy. And my definition will decide what is orthodox, not the other way around.
If “true scotsmen” were defined by a set of behaviors and beliefs, we could do the same thing with them.