[Alouette]

But there is no excuse for hateful rhetoric

Unless it is spewed by a liberal.

If Eric Yoffie's mother was Jewish, then he is a Jew. Yisrael af al pi sh'chata, Yisrael hu ("A Jew, even one who sins, remains a Jew")

What is being taught in reform temples, is secular humanism, not Judaism.

[JewishRighter]

Your statement is correct. Most importantly, as you and others have pointed out, Yoffie may be practicing something, but it ain't judaism. I like to think of it as a devout form of liberalism.

[goldstategop]

The Reform have confused Judaism with liberal philosophy. The two are NOT the same. Reform was supposed to be an updating of Judaism to fit the needs of modern life. It seems they updated the Reform part but dropped the Judaism by the roadside. For people who don't care about Jewish tradition, its hard to sit there and hear them lecture about how evil its to hate homosexuals. I read the Torah and quite frankly, I don't see it at all there the way Yoffie does.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")