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MosheFeingold

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8. Pence had nothing to do with this.

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 04:17 PM

Jan 2018

He was required to go to the men's side, just as if he had attended an Orthodox Synagogue. Women and men are separated for the same reason girls and boys at parochial schools are separated -- to prevent distraction.

The Western Wall is not under control of the Israeli government. It's controlled by a private religious, organization.

If you visit, you follow the rules of the private religious organization.

Would you also insist on wearing shoes at a Mosque?

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Female journalists covering Pence in Israel forced to stand behind male colleagues [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 OP

Weak person. Can't be close to Iliyah Jan 2018 #1

Pence had nothing to do with this. MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #8

I stand by my comment. Iliyah Jan 2018 #9

Pence is a vile and disgusting person who wants women to be killed in back alleys Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #26

As you say, Moshe. Thanks for contributing INFORMATION. Hortensis Jan 2018 #11

Silence implies consent. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #13

How about icky boys? MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #20

um, i wouldn't go there. religion is no excuse for bigotry, supremacist ideologies, or hate. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2018 #15

And you have that right to jl_theprofessor Jan 2018 #18

Thanks for the explanation, Moshe. elleng Jan 2018 #27

He could have declined the visit then. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #37

So Obama is bad, too? MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #38

Obama had a consistent track record of bucking that very thing. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #39

I'm not here to defend tRump MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #40

I'd need that photo zoomed out a bit to know if you're comparing apples to apples here. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #41

I'd have to question your analogy of the separation whathehell Jan 2018 #43

Keep poking that hornet's nest, assholes. louis-t Jan 2018 #2

Religion. Yay. Iggo Jan 2018 #3

I believe something similar happened on Trump's first trip, they separated the male and female dewsgirl Jan 2018 #4

"It was the same situation during President Trumps visit to the Western Wall in May 2017...." mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #6

I was in Jerusalem a couple of years ago. cab67 Jan 2018 #7

I had my bar mitzvah at the western wall Mosby Jan 2018 #32

"Democracy" in action. nt procon Jan 2018 #5

Something to look forward to here HAB911 Jan 2018 #10

Say, Pence is the Republican nominee for president, and the Democrats nominate a woman. Yavin4 Jan 2018 #12

what a bunch of BS; religion is no excuse for ignorance and hate. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2018 #14

Then the women and their newspapers should ignore Pence Ilsa Jan 2018 #16

What's the issue? jl_theprofessor Jan 2018 #17

so "religion" takes precedence over basic standards of right and wrong? i don't think so. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2018 #21

So who is being wronged? MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #23

The issue is easy MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #31

Proves how worthless religion is disalitervisum Jan 2018 #19

Thank you! Duppers Jan 2018 #22

Not exactly MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #24

Women aren't allowed at the wall when the men are. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #25

Not exactly MosheFeingold Jan 2018 #28

I see. But the govt does not permit men & women to go to the wall... Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #30

they do in certain areas like Robinson's arch Mosby Jan 2018 #33

israel is quite a bit more liberal than the US Mosby Jan 2018 #34

I see. Yes, I was reading that the court system includes religious courts... Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #35

Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Jan 2018 #29

fuck fundamentalism barbtries Jan 2018 #36

Another Mideast country with Neanderthal ideas Kristofer Bry Jan 2018 #42