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Religious Intolerance In the NY Daily News
Truth Revolt ^ | 10/17/13 | Jeff Dunetz

Posted on 10/18/2013 12:17:13 PM PDT by Nachum

This morning's NY Daily News criticized the New York City Republican mayoral candidate for being respectful of Jewish customs. In the Orthodox Jewish tradition men and women are separated during prayer services. When Republican candidate Joe Lhota visited the Shomer Shabbos Synagogue on Wednesday, he stood in the back as a prayer service was going on.

In the video above around the 46 second mark one can hear a member of the congregation ask Lhota to have the women in his entourage wait outside because prayers were going on.

The NY Daily News blasted Lhota for the incident.

Joe Lhota does nothing as women with him are kicked out of Brooklyn synagogue

The Republican mayoral hopeful visited the Orthodox Shomer Shabbos synagogue and didn't object when three women with him — a Daily News reporter, a campaign aide and a member of his NYPD security detail — were asked to leave.

The article goes on to ask Lhota's Democratic opponent for his opinion of the visit:

A spokesman for the campaign of Democrat Bill de Blasio said, “We’ve never invited press to an event where women would not be allowed.”

In a different article in the very same issue, the NY Daily News gave favorable coverage to the stance of both candidates that city schools should be closed for Muslim holidays.

The mayoral candidates agree that schools should recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the holiest days of the Muslim year, just as they do Jewish and Christian days. De Blasio says that schools must 'respect Muslim faiths,' and Lhota says he has been calling to close schools on the two days throughout his campaign.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: billdeblasio; daily; intolerance; joelhota; news; newyork; newyorkcity; religious

1 posted on 10/18/2013 12:17:13 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Religion is thought to be the stink of death to Marxists/Progressives/Democrats/ JMHO!


2 posted on 10/18/2013 12:24:13 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Don Corleone
Religion is thought to be the stink of death to Marxists/Progressives/Democrats/

Except for Islam. Read the article.

3 posted on 10/18/2013 12:26:50 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: Nachum
“We’ve never invited press to an event where women would not be allowed.”
4 posted on 10/18/2013 12:44:42 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Nachum.
This morning's NY Daily News criticized the New York City Republican mayoral candidate for being respectful of Jewish customs... In the video above around the 46 second mark one can hear a member of the congregation ask Lhota to have the women in his entourage wait outside because prayers were going on... 'Joe Lhota does nothing as women with him are kicked out of Brooklyn synagogue'... 'A spokesman for the campaign of Democrat Bill de Blasio said, “We’ve never invited press to an event where women would not be allowed.”' In a different article in the very same issue, the NY Daily News gave favorable coverage to the stance of both candidates that city schools should be closed for Muslim holidays.

5 posted on 10/18/2013 6:37:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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