http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57573
Head of Reform Judaism says wearing veil should be respected
Posted: September 11, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern
Dennis Prager
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Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of fundamentalist Muslim culture – whether in the Muslim world or in the West – knows that, given the social, religious and familial pressures on women to wear a veil, the veil is not worn voluntarily in any meaningful sense of the word.
But while the rabbi respects Muslim women who choose to wear the veil, he had words of contempt for American women who choose to dress like Lindsay Lohan. Like others on the left, Rabbi Yoffie only has standards for Westerners, especially Americans, not for other cultures. It is the left’s soft bigotry of low expectations that has often been noted.
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Well in my world view, everyone can do what they want to the extent that it doesn’t infringe on their neighbor’s rights.
If that section of the globe wants to disempower half of their population, then that’s their problem. Not mine.
I agree that the “liberal left” in the USA gives people a pass instead of expecting high performance.
As far as women “volunteering” to hide behind a veil, that’s fine. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for. It’s been that way since the dawn of time.
In the USA, we have to respect religion as a right enshrined in the Constitution. The gooferment has to tread lightly. We, as people, don’t. If you’re out in wackyland, I can call you on it. Just as you can, me.
I want everyone in the USA to be all that they can be.
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