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In reply to the discussion: Wasserman Schultz calls Jewish intermarriage a "problem" [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)63. Check the date. Sanders wasn't even in the race
when DWS made these remarks IN A RELIGIOUS setting, not as a Congresswoman. This is recycled information, and the not so veiled insinuations being made in this thread are ugly.
So what was that about "reality?"
And Jane is (or was) a Catholic, so not sure where you are even going with that train of thought.
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She is speaking to a group that shares her faith, She is jewish you know...
dubyadiprecession
May 2016
#1
Hell, the position of the Catholic Church is that Catholics shouldn't marry outside their faith
still_one
May 2016
#54
Intermarriage isn't a real problem in America. If some people are concerned about their race or
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#6
Ok, I'm Jewish and I am very much an American and am concerned about dilution, largely
JudyM
May 2016
#23
Really. You are demonstrating your own. "Move to Israel" is so transparently bigoted.
JudyM
May 2016
#40
Please. Your suggesting she "could" move to Israel isn't even in the same category as Israel urging
JudyM
May 2016
#73
It's both I think, but you shouldn't move to the melting pot if you don't want to have those lines
Ed Suspicious
May 2016
#76
Yes it is inappropriate, and a not so subtle meaning there. Perhaps they feel that American
still_one
May 2016
#56
I'm a senior citizen and can remember when the parents of my Protestant friends didn't want
maddiemom
May 2016
#12
Yeah, well, he is running to be President of all people, not just those of any particular faith. nt
silvershadow
May 2016
#19
They're really digging to find "dirt" on anyone who gets in the way. I hear she said...
George II
May 2016
#50
Does it license right wingers to start talking about the "problem" of intermarriage?
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#18
When some right wing groups espouse seperation of races and cultures it's creepy. I don't know what
GoneFishin
May 2016
#20
We are talking a personal religious belief, not someone imposing that belief on anyone else.
still_one
May 2016
#51
Thank you BTA. There are a lot of not so subtle insinuations that have been tossed about
still_one
May 2016
#48
I know antisemites who feel the same way she does: assimulation and intermarriage is a big...
marble falls
May 2016
#32
People should marry whoever they want of any race, ethnicity or religion, and it's not a problem.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#55
Why is this an issue for you now but wasn't an issue for you more than a year ago?
George II
May 2016
#60
It's not an issue for me. I support all interracial couples and stuff like that.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#64
Okay, let me try this (since you're evading the question) - why is this something you needed....
George II
May 2016
#66
Gee, do you think this is in any way is a veiled barb at Bernie and Jane Sanders?
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#57
While you're on your very angry high horse, perhaps you will pause a moment to calmly explain
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#71