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To: APRPEH
a Jew in a "marriage" with a non-Jew is in serious violation of Torah law.

Ah, the Jewish fatwah.

The scriptural fundamentalist mindset is the same world-over.

46 posted on 09/21/2006 5:28:39 PM PDT by thomaswest (One mans deep faith is another's heresy.)
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To: thomaswest
Ah, the Jewish fatwah.

The scriptural fundamentalist mindset is the same world-over.

Except that Jews don't go out to kill those who are in violation of the Torah. They're just very disappointed.

48 posted on 09/21/2006 5:32:21 PM PDT by Celtjew Libertarian ("Don't take life so seriously. You'll never get out of it alive." -- Bugs Bunny)
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To: thomaswest
a Jew in a "marriage" with a non-Jew is in serious violation of Torah law.

Ah, the Jewish fatwah.

The scriptural fundamentalist mindset is the same world-over.

Hardly! Marriage in religion is designed around the family, and raising of children. When Jews and non-Jews intermarry, it's seen as threatening the spiritual life of the family, and of the children to come. To put it bluntly, it's hard enough to have a family when the spiritual fabric is the same between spouses. Intermarriage just adds more complexity to the marriage, and frankly, will confuse the children. Orthodox Rabbis will not perform a marriage ceremony between intermarrying couples, and many Conservative Rabbis will refuse as well.

But there's nothing even approaching a "fatwah."

71 posted on 09/21/2006 6:41:26 PM PDT by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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