> is what happened in the examples I gave. There are many others.
I'm missing the force of law here. Who's forcing? What law. This is an internal
Jewish matter and has nothing at all to do with non-Jews or even with
non-orthodox Jews.
> Here's a hypothetical for you - lets say there is a village in New York
> state that is mostly orthodox. They following the area's chief rabbi decide
> to ban internet access for all.
How? Ban telephone lines? Ban ISPs? With what power or force? How does my Rabbi
know I'm on the net unless I tell him?
> Its an extreme case, but similar things have happened, I've heard of several
> cases involving places that are majority Mennonite enacting similar bans.
> Only a few years ago books were being banned from libraries and bookstores
> in towns and villages throughout the country on the basis of what the local
> religious leaders ordered.
And any book store could just say no and no ban the book.
> I guess its my contention that there should be an extremely strong wall that
> separates the dictates of religion from the rest of life. I disagree with
> catholic bishops saying it's a sin to vote Democrat as much as I disagree
> with Unitarian ministers who disapprove of Republican candidates for office.
> And I really dislike groups like the Christian Coalition, the immoral
> majority or FLA distributing voters guides in churches before elections.
Just because one religous group or organization is being forceful doesn't mean
that all are bad.
> Mind you I'm also very much in favour of removing all tax exempt status from
> purely religious institutions.
As a member of a religion without a central power base, I have to disagree with
you here. If the Shul I go to didn't have tax exempt status then it would close.
All the money it gets in donations goes to it's upkeep with little left over for
charity. Take away it's tax exempt status and it folds. This is not the
uber-rich Catholic church. This is a neighborhood place of worship.
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