“You deserve to be flamed. This was not attending a religious ceremony.”
The Torah forbids entry to the sanctuary of a non-Jewish religion, even if ceremonies are not to be performed.
The Law is the Law; I didn’t write it. If the Law offends you, take in up with the Author.
You didn’t answer the question about American aid to Israel. Are Christian tax dollars too filthy for Orthodox Jews to accept? I didn’t think so.
Chapter and verse, please?