(August 29, 2023 at 12:40 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: But orthodox Jews do try and advocate for positions on gay marriage, abortion, religious schooling, and Israel.
And maybe in places like France to be allowed to wear the kippur in state schools.
And they would be against any move to classify circumcision as genital mutilation. Or the banning of kosher meat under animal rights regulation.
Their religious values influence their voting and advocacy. And look at the power Judiasm has in Israeli politics (and therefore international politics).
It would be better if no ones political opinions was swayed by religion at all.
They advocate for those things for Judaism. No Jew of my acquaintance (and I’m acquainted with a LOT of them) has ever told that laws need to be passed to force non-Jews to adhere to Jewish tenets and customs.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
