It’s largely an Orthodox practice. You posted the article, which dealt with suppression of public discussion of God, not spelling. Your introductory comment
Many times lately I've seen the word God (on Free Republic) where some have forgotten how to spell it, like some aversion to it, as if they would be skewered by the Devil's pitchfork for spelling it out....
focused not on the article, but introduced a new topic, a practice largely of Orthodox Jews, as though there’s an aversion to the word, which is factually incorrect. If phrases like Skewering by the Devil's pitchfork or aversion to [God’s name] aren’t critical, I completely misunderstood.
What I meant to point out was the irony of criticism (maybe not meant by you, but in evidence on the thread) of an Orthodox practice, essentially in favor of the more liberal Reform viewpoint, in the interest of raising public consciousness of religious values. It’s backwards.