Posted on 12/22/2010 12:50:08 PM PST by wagglebee
NEW YORK, December 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com, noted Orthodox Rabbi Yehuda Levin has predicted the U.S. military will pay with “loss of life and limb” for the normalization of homosexual acts. This past weekend the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the 1993 law that forbids open homosexuals from serving in the U.S. military. President Obama signed the repeal into law today.
Rabbi Levin, head of Jews for Morality and spokesman for nearly 1000 Orthodox Rabbis across North America, said that the sanctioning of grave immorality removes God’s protection. “We are students of Biblical history,” he said. “We have seen time and time again in Biblical history when Jews and others have forsaken the path of morality that we have paid - society has paid - a bitter price in terms of losing God’s grace and protection. There have been natural disasters, there have been defeats in wars.”
The prominent Rabbi warned, “It is very apparent to me, that at such a time where we are involved with various wars in various fronts and there is a tinderbox situation with Korea, the mid-East and so many areas. It’s painfully apparent to me that to a certain extent we - America in general and our military specifically - are in the greatest danger of losing God’s grace and protection.”
He expressed his concern that “religious people who would want to enlist and serve their country have to feel that if they demonstrate in any way their religious feelings they are going to be court marshaled, disciplined, forcefully taught tolerance. All of this is immorality and evil, and when one promotes immorality and evil we lose God’s protection and we pay for it in loss of life and limb. This is our fear.”
Rabbi Levin, an outspoken defender of life and family, called on Catholic and Evangelical leaders to join Orthodox Jews in repentance and to take seriously their responsibility for the actions of politicians within their faiths.
“I call upon religious leaders of the Catholic Conference and the Southern Baptist Convention to join with Orthodox Jewish leadership in a call for repentance and in a call for the next Congress to somehow reverse this and save us and save our military,” he said.
He also called upon Christian and Catholic leaders to instruct their faithful never to vote in favor of politicians who support abortion or homosexuality.
Rabbi Levin set an example by apologizing to America for the actions of Senator Joseph Lieberman, who claims to be an Orthodox Jew. Lieberman was one of the principal proponents of the repeal.
“As an orthodox Jew I beg our country’s forgiveness,” said Rabbi Levin.
Rabbi Levin noted that Lieberman has been officially excommunicated by a group of Orthodox rabbis due to his stance against life and family.
Adding insult to injury, Lieberman’s vote in favor of repealing DADT occurred on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath or holy day of the week. Lieberman had chosen to walk to the Senate from his home to cast his vote, as driving is forbidden.
In a move reminiscent of Nancy Pelosi justifying her support for anti-life and anti-family measures by invoking her self-professed Catholicism, Lieberman cited his Judaism as reason for his support for the DADT repeal. In an interview with The Daily Beast Lieberman noted his inspiration on the measure: “I’m a Jewish-American a member of a minority group raised from the earliest part of my life to be deeply grateful for all the rights and opportunities and freedom afforded Americans.”
The rabbi referred to Lieberman as an ‘apostate’ and noted that other groups of Orthodox Jews who have honored Lieberman with awards and prestige are guilty of providing Lieberman a false sense of what it means to be an Orthodox Jew.
He is absolutely correct.
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Put all the queers in the same unit, send them to the fiercest fighting, repeat as necessary.
I’m glad that this Rabbi is speaking out about this and Lieberman.
It is clear that the enemy of America now occupies the oval office! He is attacking from every direction. The military should do their duty!
Indeed he is.
I think that ultimately this supposed “great victory” in homosexual sex promotion by progressives and leftists will be quite short lived and signal the long term beginning of the end for leftists, progressives, the homosexual agenda, and homosexual sex normalization. This in your face assault will wake up the moral giant that until now has been silent.
The Rabbi needn’t apologize for Joe Lieberman. IIRC, Lieberman was already previously excommunicated.
Between this and the START treaty, it’s 2 more nails in our coffin. We still need a military coup !
Here is another very disturbing story it is little wonder our country and our way of life has deteriorated we have perverted politicians who set the wrong kind of role model.
BARNEY FRANK: NOT ALLOWING GAYS AND STRAIGHTS TO SHOWER TOGETHER IS ‘DISCRIMINATION’
Will they be showering with regular soldiers? Dancing together at military clubs? What about the transgendered? Will their "partners" get military housing? Health care?
This repeal is an evil decree that will harm the military and we will pay a price as a nation for allowing it.
I pray that you are correct.
This in your face assault will wake up the moral giant that until now has been silent.
Among the more optimistic statements I’ve heard. Makes my posts look bad as well.
The real issue, and why, IMO, plenty of people actually spoke against repeal of DADT though, was specifically because it was a reasonable way to set similar standards for homosexual service members as what was in place for your typical soldiers already. It asked for a level of discretion to be had by homosexuals seeking to enlist (i.e. control and largely abstaining from sexual acts in combat duty). Your typical heterosexual soldiers have been under that obligation for quite some time anyways, and most COs know that there are serious liabilities when even a regular trooper does not excercise some serious restraints on some of his/her natural urges.
You may very well be right about how this could turn out. But win or lose, this is one part of the agenda that will bring in plenty of kicking and screaming along the way, mostly in the form of your leftists’ favorite treat: lawsuits. But then again, loads of liability lawsuits were what sustained some of the military policy in the first place.
BUMP!!!!!!
Gays serve in the Israeli military de facto: As Israel has conscription, they have no choice. What the rules are beyond that, I don’t know.
“Put all the queers in the same unit, send them to the fiercest fighting, repeat as necessary.”
LOL. You know, this could be a great recipe for victory. All we have to do is think of some way to send these units into a hissy fit before they go into action.
I hope you’re right. I think a further catalyst may occur when a lot of straight people start declining re-enlistment or take other routes to exit the military. Similarly, there may be significant declines in new recruitment. Finally, as some have pointed out, the public will begin to hear about all the new conflicts and problems that will be disrupting operational effectiveness because too much time, energy and money will now be diverted to sensitivity training, resolving disputes, such as a new wave of sexual harassment claims, arguments over quartering, including demands for separate barracks not only based on gender but on orientation. It’s also a mistake to think that the presence of openly gay folks is not going to contribute to a lot of straight people feeling uncomfortable in all kinds of situations, including many types of training exercises, shower and bathroom facilities.
In addition to the huge moral and spiritual dangers posed, I simply cannot believe that any serious-minded military leader doesn’t recognize that it is impossible for the repeal of DADT to have a negative impact on combat effectiveness. This, ultimately means, more Americans will die. Indeed, I believe the people responsible for this will all too soon have blood on their hands.
I simply cannot believe that any serious-minded military leader doesn’t recognize that it is impossible for the repeal of DADT NOTto have a negative impact on combat effectiveness.
I sincerely hope with all my being that you are right.
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