dantech
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Have you ever stopped, and wondered why Jews of more traditional background (conservative / Orthodox) are against intermarriage? Is there perhaps a religious aspect to it that has absolutely nothing to do with bigotry?
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Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?
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Have you ever stopped, and wondered why Jews of more traditional background (conservative / Orthodox) are against intermarriage? Is there perhaps a religious aspect to it that has absolutely nothing to do with bigotry?
Would you mind sharing your definition of bigotry?
Flankerl
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Change through democratic elections equal mob rule. Gotcha.
That in mind we should probably abolish democracy.
You actually wrote this to a jew. Hilarious.
Yes letting each Religion handle their own marriages is bigotry. Especially in a place where tensions along these Religions are high.
Great logic. 10/10
I could post one, but that approach hasn't been well received lately.
I know it when I see it.
Opposition to intermarriage, be it about race, religion, baseball team loyalty, or
ethnicity is bigotry. What got lost in this discussion is that there is a vast continuum
between the extremes of mild advocacy & violent oppression. Does that help?
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metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
And the above is supposedly not bigoted in and of itself?
CynthiaCypher
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And why should there be any objection to the marriage in question then since both are Muslims? That must mean it is not an intermarriage.
I'm not sure that I understand this, but could you tell me if you find the following adequate?
I was addressing opposition to intermarriage in general, not a specific poster.
Your definitions look pretty useful. Even though deeply religious folk have their
sincerely felt reasons to oppose intermarriage, I see it as no different from whites
who do the same for racial purity. There will be differences in degree & conduct.
As I said before, the incident cited in the OP illustrates something which is overall
positive about Israel. That ought'a earn me some brownie points.
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metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
And what exactly gives you the supposed right to tell people in another country what kind of laws they must have? The above is nothing less than ethnocentrism on steroids.
So, let's say that, as a Jew, I feel strongly that intermarriage be discouraged because, irrespective of the character or quality of the spouse, all evidence suggests that intermarriage significantly increases the threat of assimilation and the progressive attrition of the Jewish People. How might those definitions apply to me?
Bigotry-lite.
You don't seem the type to oppress people, but this ethnic/racial/religious purity stuff is what it is.
Note: I get accused of various types of bigotry all the time here....& much more fervently.
We each believe what we believe, & there will be people who don't like it.
So my opinion (a mild one at that) shouldn't rattle you at all.
You don't seem the type to oppress people, but this ethnic/racial/religious purity stuff is what it is.
Note: I get accused of various types of bigotry all the time here....& much more fervently.
We each believe what we believe, & there will be people who don't like it.
So my opinion (a mild one at that) shouldn't rattle you at all.
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How is this bigotry (lite or otherwise)?
Tis opposition to intermarriage for religious/cultural/racial purity, despite the wishes of the parties in love.
No: religious/cultural/racial purity is not at all the point. Continuity and threats to continuity is the point.
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