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Texas Governor [Perry] Signs Mezuzah Law
Jewish Weekly ^ | August 17, 2011 | Editors

Posted on 08/22/2011 11:00:30 AM PDT by Jewbacca

Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a law last month that would require homeowner associations to permit religious displays on residents’ doors, including mezuzahs.

According to the law, the religious item must be under 25 inches and remain in the doorway.

The law was introduced after a Conservative Jewish couple was ordered to remove a mezuzah from the door of their rental apartment and then fined when they refused. The couple sued to be allowed to keep the mezuzah up and lost; they moved from the building when their lease was up. They then turned to Houston Rep. Garnet Coleman to help push the bill through the Texas legislature to prevent the same thing from happening to others, according to the Houston Chronicle.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: judaism; mezuzah; perry
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To: Yehuda

Case only.

They do sell kosher scrolls -— normal size


41 posted on 08/22/2011 12:44:17 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Red Badger

Now that’s funny I don’t care who you are.
good job Red Badger.


42 posted on 08/22/2011 12:59:06 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) He's obviously just not quite up to the job.)
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To: Paperdoll

Just covering all your bases there paperdoll?
I did just last week paint my front door red.
Trying to send a message to some of the evil neighbors.


43 posted on 08/22/2011 1:01:33 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) He's obviously just not quite up to the job.)
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To: OrangeHoof
a Muslim to post a religious symbol on their front door

Might be a bad move, could attract a lot of folks needing to do a #2 in the worst way.........

44 posted on 08/22/2011 1:08:23 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Jewbacca
the religious item must be under 25 inches

Seems a bit overreaching. I've never seen one larger than a quarter of that.

45 posted on 08/22/2011 7:22:10 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Everything is bigger in Texas.


46 posted on 08/23/2011 9:28:19 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: NativeNewYorker

The Kinky Friedman model?


47 posted on 08/23/2011 9:37:16 AM PDT by RitchieAprile (The Democrat Party is a continuing criminal enterprise..)
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To: doorgunner69

a Muslim to post a religious symbol on their front door

Might be a bad move, could attract a lot of folks needing to do a #2 in the worst way.........
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Muslims wouldn’t do that. it’s haram.
...but 30 years from now, when they reach levels like in England, their descendents may appreciate Christians and Jews labelling themselves.


48 posted on 08/23/2011 9:38:40 AM PDT by Elendur (It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: doorgunner69

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49 posted on 08/23/2011 9:57:43 AM PDT by Elendur (It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: heylady
I am sure they will let me know when I break one.

You've probably already broken six.

50 posted on 08/23/2011 10:15:40 AM PDT by nina0113
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