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All of you who are anti-mixed seating are off-base! Benching is a form of Tefillah; that’s why the Kittzur S.O. mandates separate seating FOR THAT PART OF THE WEDDING. [For what’s its worth, most people gather near the Chosson/Kallah table during bentching anyway, so rearranging seating for Birchat HaMazon has never been that much of a problem.] Mixed seating at weddings should be championed and promoted. Mature eligible single men and women would be in prime position for establishing shidduchim; moreover, married couples would have golden opportunities and time to concentrate and talk to each other, thus strengthening Sholom Bayis. More importantly, spouses sitting together can serve as a ‘geder’ against the rampant Loshon Hora, Rechilus and Litzuhnus on display when men and women are sitting separate and don’t have to worry about their spouses shutting them up. Yes, mixed dancing is prohibited. Mixed seating, for the reasons stated, should be most definitely allowed and accepted. Everywhere.
So many of you are sadly missing the point. It’s not about anthems or ‘mentioning’ America. The very fact that 90,000 Jews can celebrate Torah openly in a football stadium, that Jews can live a completely unhindered Orthodox Torah way of life and enforce Torah law in virtually every arena (kashrus, eruv, mikvah, yeshiva, shul, and on and on), that Jews don’t have to hide in attics fearing pogroms and attacks; speaks volumes of the gargantuan level of Hakaras Hatov that is owed, by every Jew, EQUALLY to HaKodosh Boruch Hu and to the United States of America. A vast majority of us fail to recognize and show that appreciation that should be displayed relentlessly. Every moment spent by anyone searching for and dissecting secular/Tumah/treif meanings and values in the American anthem or any other patriotic song/statement/message,is one less moment allocated to proper Hakaras Hatov. And any failure, at any level or moment in time, to portray this gratitude borders on Chilul Hashem; a pretty bad sin from what I’ve read. G-D BLESS AMERICA!
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