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  • Religious Affairs: Taking on Halacha [Homosexuals declare war on Jewish law]

    02/17/2008 6:40:21 PM PST · by Alouette · 31 replies · 182+ views
    Jerusalem Post ^ | Feb. 17, 2008 | Matthew Wagner
    Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz's decision this week to recognize same-sex couples as legitimate, normative families that are eligible to serve as adoptive parents sparked the requisite ranting from haredi and religious politicians. MK Avraham Ravitz (United Torah Judaism) called Mazuz's ruling "hallucinatory"; Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Eli Yishai termed it "nauseating and unnerving"; and even the more religiously liberal Zevulun Orlev lashed out at Mazuz for committing a "sin against the children up for adoption and against the Jewish faith." Garnering media exposure for gay-bashing is the dream of every religious politician. It is preaching faith to the faithful. Unlike...