Saturday, March 17, 2007
Leave marriage, divorce rules to rabbis, not government
Passing laws to regulate how Jews eat (Palm Beach and Broward kosher laws) was not enough. Now state Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, wants the state to regulate how Jews marry and divorce.
It's the business of rabbis and not the government. They have considerable power that they could use to force Karen Gruber-Colp's husband to hand over everything down to his last yarmulke. They choose not to do it and it is not for the courts or the state to enter this religious fray.
This is not Israel where the Orthodox Jews ("Taliban Lite") control the power of the state, so that they regulate Jewish marriages in a fashion that would embarrass the ayatollahs of Iran. This is not China where religions are required to get a license from the state.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/sfl-brmail771mar17,0,2897736.story?coll=sfla-news-letters
Passing laws to regulate how Jews eat (Palm Beach and Broward kosher laws) was not enough. Now state Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, wants the state to regulate how Jews marry and divorce.
It's the business of rabbis and not the government. They have considerable power that they could use to force Karen Gruber-Colp's husband to hand over everything down to his last yarmulke. They choose not to do it and it is not for the courts or the state to enter this religious fray.
This is not Israel where the Orthodox Jews ("Taliban Lite") control the power of the state, so that they regulate Jewish marriages in a fashion that would embarrass the ayatollahs of Iran. This is not China where religions are required to get a license from the state.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/sfl-brmail771mar17,0,2897736.story?coll=sfla-news-letters
Comments:
At least they have somebody controling them.
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: March 17, 2007 8:52 PM
: March 17, 2007 8:52 PM
This should win some sort of award for the most uncomprehendable, confusing, and unclear article.
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