tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4552001755225276231.post5730297961512443532..comments2023-05-30T08:51:21.549-04:00Comments on Blog Am: 1000 Rabbis CAN be wrongRabbi Jason Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03718650670542762857noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4552001755225276231.post-13268665607137184792010-02-09T12:28:30.829-05:002010-02-09T12:28:30.829-05:00I thought the benefit (or one of them) of being a ...I thought the benefit (or one of them) of being a Jew is that there is no official body or individual who speaks on behalf of all of us. As far as I'm concerned, these are just 1000 people with opinions, and they can't claim in any way to speak for the rest of us.LizStromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07053359040275559891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4552001755225276231.post-70136906826276170402010-02-05T21:25:35.638-05:002010-02-05T21:25:35.638-05:00Rabbi Rosenberg is, of course, 100 percent correct...Rabbi Rosenberg is, of course, 100 percent correct, but I imagine I'm preaching to the choir here. It doesn't matter how many "misguided" rabbis or others oppose ending the discriminatory don't ask, don't tell policy. it should be done away with and the military personnel should deal with it. I heard many soldiers on the radio today say that they would follow an order from the Commander in Chief. That, I hear is what they do. So, let the order issue doing away with this policy!<br /><br />People, and this is what we're talking about here, people should be allowed to be who they are, wherever they are. To say that having gays openly serve their country in the military would destroy unit cohension and rain disaster upon us all is merely smoke and mirrors for outrageous bigotry. <br /><br />The truth is bigots don't want to accept working alongside homosexuals. At the least, their fear and insecurity rule them; at worst, it is out-and-out insatiable hate. So they make up reasons why the policy should stay in place (and they make up policies to try to justify their bigotry and point to and say "Look, our discriminatory policy is working! Why end the discrimination?"). They ignore the simple fact that there actually are gay and lesbian soldiers already working just fine among them. They ignore that men and women of all sexual preferences are proud to serve their country and the common good. If we have a professional military, then it's well trained members will work together. The rest will display their ignorance and hatred, probably violently in many cases. It happened when we started to end segregation and, sadly, it will happen again now. <br /><br />But it will take a lot more than 1000 rabbis, unfounded threats of divine retribution and ridiculous belittling of those who stand for justice to get in the way of the right thing to do.Phil Kentnoreply@blogger.com