He certainly doesn’t speak for all practicing Jews. I’m proud to know a Conservative rabbi who is active in trying to get the Conservative movement to liberalize its policies on gays.
I think he should say what he did to a group of Holocaust survivors. Preferably armed ones. I don’t think he could have been too much more offensive to people who actually did go through the Holocaust, either.
I know, hence my remark about “Only himself and his other Ultra-right-wing Ultra-orthodox nut-job friends”.
I believe that some Reform congregations accept and even actively embrace gays and gay couples; and that the Conservative movement, as you noted, is waffling on the whole issue (but decidedly not totally gung-ho anti-gay).
Much as I don’t really like Organized Religion, I can still tell the various groups apart!
Unfortunately, there are people who don’t seem to be able to do that. So it has to be pointed out, when some religious person has a hateful meltdown like this, that he doesn’t speak for all members of his religion.
I think the common denominator is conservatism, not power per se. Conversatives of any persuasion, regardless of their oppression status, are just not big on social inclusiveness.
And we could call it DRESS. Drag Recruits Engaged in Slapping Silly. Though by the time you got them all to agree to a uniform, times to meet (I’ve never met a drag queen who was on time to anything!) and all the other details it could take a LONG time to get it together.
[overlord mode]Wonderful! Now fetch me a latte! [/overlord mode]
Because we hate god and that land is supposed to be sacred. Its all part of the 481 point plan to eradicate faith. At least, thats what the far right types seem to think. And yes, I use the term ‘think’ in that sentence loosely.
Does it included studded leather, jackboots and tight pants? An army of queers cannot be outdone by the Nazi military. If you are going to throw a holocaust the least you can do is dress properly.
Same argument as the Zionists used. They have a prior claim to part of it, which is recognized even by conservative Christians, specifically, the area south of the Dead Sea!