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Aboard Flights, Conflicts Over Seat Assignments and Religion
NYT ^ | 4/9/15 | Michael Paulson

Posted on 04/09/2015 8:49:26 AM PDT by Oliviaforever

Francesca Hogi, 40, had settled into her aisle seat for the flight from New York to London when the man assigned to the adjoining window seat arrived and refused to sit down. He said his religion prevented him from sitting beside a woman who was not his wife. Irritated but eager to get underway, she eventually agreed to move.

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To: laconic
RE:”What if he asked her to bake a cake or cater pizza for a gay wedding and she refused? Just what would the NY Times say then?”

She could say that she has no oven on the plane, even the NYT would understand that.

61 posted on 04/09/2015 10:38:46 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Please, excuse this poor reader!
Have a GREAT day!


62 posted on 04/09/2015 10:41:54 AM PDT by GOYAKLA
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To: dfwgator

What movie is that from?


63 posted on 04/09/2015 10:42:17 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: jocon307

I was on a flight around ten years ago when the same situation arose.

The ultra-Orthodox Jewish man complained to the flight attendant and she and others attendents began to ask passengers to move. No other passengers took up the offer, he complained loudly, then began praying in a manner which could be heard throughout the cabin and the captain came back and told him to get off the plane if he did not like the accommodation.

Needless to say, that was on a US airline.


64 posted on 04/09/2015 10:43:33 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: tbw2

Airplane!


65 posted on 04/09/2015 10:44:10 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

lol


66 posted on 04/09/2015 10:45:33 AM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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To: Cboldt

...And they are at the mercy of my starving attorney.


67 posted on 04/09/2015 10:57:27 AM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: Oliviaforever

I would have put a canned ham on the seat and tell him to F OFF...and offer him a jar of bacon bits...


68 posted on 04/09/2015 11:31:43 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: sickoflibs

Your religion is not my problem.....and back to whatever I was doing. They would have had to throw me off the plane before I moved.


69 posted on 04/09/2015 12:47:46 PM PDT by sheana
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To: sheana
Please mam. We are behind schedule and need to take off right now and cant until you give up your seat. I am sure you will be happy next to the rest rooms in the back row. We have to honor his religion”
70 posted on 04/09/2015 12:56:23 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: sickoflibs

Yeah, you can tell that would definitely work for me. lol


71 posted on 04/09/2015 12:59:00 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Oliviaforever

I’m jewish and I believe airplane flight accidental contact is not something Gd is concerned about. You LIVE for the mitzvot and not die for them.

In coach now the seats are so close together you could conceive a child by accident. I get that. So fly business class if the trip is that important. Back in the days of old, there were no planes. If you still wear clothes and wigs from the 1600, choose your transportstion from that era. Gd doesn’t care about silly things. The mitzvot are ways of life, not superstitions! There is a difference!

Fly with another man (or your wife or mother or daughter) and choose flights with the two seat arrangements. Otherwise ask kindly on the flight and if no one changes, for their own good reasons, know that Gd isn’t superstitious. Gd knows you can have a strange woman’s arm bump yours without you thinking in the gutter. If not, stay home.


72 posted on 04/09/2015 1:08:18 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: sheana
OK, then we only have one other seat available, its next to that 300 lb lady who is sweating a waterfall. But I need you to move right now so we can get this other passenger seated and take off. Please don't be difficult. My day has been terrible”
73 posted on 04/09/2015 1:09:25 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: dfwgator

What if he sat next to Bruce Jenner?


You’re killin me thread after thread today! Gator on fire!


74 posted on 04/09/2015 1:12:34 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: sheana
I forgot :

“OK, then we only have one other seat available, its a window seat next to that 300 lb lady who is sweating a waterfall. But I need you to move right now so we can get this other passenger seated and take off. Please don't be difficult. My day has been terrible”

75 posted on 04/09/2015 1:14:39 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: sheana

And the crying kid in the seat in front of your new seat.


76 posted on 04/09/2015 1:15:36 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: henkster

I was a late arrival on a Delta flight recently. When I finally stowed my carry-on and found my seat, a charming young woman asked if would be willing to swap (seats) with her husband.

In a loud voice I said, “Sure. But who gets custody of the kids?”

The flight was delayed about 5 minutes until the laughter in the coach cabin died down long enough for the announcements to be made.

As a reward, I must have had 10 offers for free drinks from the other (male) passengers.


77 posted on 04/09/2015 1:26:27 PM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (the angels wanna wear my red shoes......)
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To: Oliviaforever

Well, that guy better not move to NYC. I rode the subways stuffed in there shoulder to shoulder with Orthodox Jews for many years.


78 posted on 04/09/2015 3:38:02 PM PDT by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Exactly.


79 posted on 04/09/2015 4:26:55 PM PDT by livius
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To: DugwayDuke

“She recounted asking one what he wanted for dinner and causing a firestorm. Said you had to ask their wives.”

LOL! So I guess if they didn’t have a wife with them, they just had to go hungry...


80 posted on 04/09/2015 4:28:32 PM PDT by livius
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