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To: Kirkwood

Dude. The airport admits now that no demand was made on the trees.

The Rabbi has every right to ask for the display of a Menorah. If it is denied, the airport has the burden to state a reasonable reason as to their decision. If they will do so only if forced by a Court, that is the Rabbi's right too.

Instead they "washed their hands" of the issue of the display of religion in the public square. So unChristian of them.


256 posted on 12/11/2006 12:24:55 PM PST by Sabramerican (Says the piano player: America's greatest legacy will be to create a Palestinian State)
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To: Sabramerican

The rabbi can ask for anything he wants, but to demand that a menorah put up in an airport? Exactly what gives him that right? That is like a Christian demanding that a nativity scene be put up. Is there some constitutional law here that says that any religious official can demand something of an airport and that it has to be done? Don't think so. There are no rights being violated here. As I said before, I think this rabbi is a bigot and now is backpedalling furiously to get his foot out of his mouth, including asking all of his friends in the media to put in a good word for him. That doesn't cut it for me. What he did was inappropriate and to turn this around and blame the airport makes it even worse. There was an appropriate way to make his request, but he chose to do something very public in a hateful and hurtful way. The response by the airport was not only understandable, but the only response they could put forth given the circumstances. The rabbi should feel ashamed, but I think he is still in denial and looking for someone else to blame.


277 posted on 12/11/2006 1:12:48 PM PST by Kirkwood
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To: Sabramerican
Instead they "washed their hands" of the issue of the display of religion in the public square. So unChristian of them.

I trust you can make your points without dissing in terms of Christian precepts. Like Judaism, which is practiced by a minority of ethnic Jews in the U.S., not all Gentile ethnics practice Christianity, even some who attend churches. It is offensive to continue to imply hypocrisy on the part of Christians if you don't know the religious convictions of the airport administrators.

That said, being a Christian, I won't be suing you over it. Lighten up, dolling!

351 posted on 12/11/2006 2:40:28 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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