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Mosby

(16,158 posts)
34. israel is quite a bit more liberal than the US
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 03:31 PM
Jan 2018

The problem is that the orthodox, who only make up about 10-12 percent, have an outsized role in Israeli society and that affects things like marriage, divorce and access to holy sites.

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
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