Monday, November 21, 2005

Jewish Union on Religous Rt: Monopoly on God

AssocPress: Rabbi Eric Yoffie, pres of the Union for Reform Judaism (the same Jewish Union that just voted to not support Alito's nomination) said "religious right" leaders believe "unless you attend my church, accept my God and study my sacred text you cannot be a moral person." Rabbi Yoffie, the leader of the largest branch of US Judaism, blasted conservative religious activists in a speech Saturday, calling them "zealots" who claim a "monopoly on God" while promoting anti-gay policies akin to Adolf Hitler's: "We cannot forget that when Hitler came to power in 1933, one of the 1st things that he did was ban gay organizations. Yes, we can disagree about gay marriage. But there is no excuse for hateful rhetoric that fuels the hellfires of anti-gay bigotry. What could be more bigoted than to claim that you have a monopoly on God?" he said during the movement's natl assembly in Houston, which ran thru Sunday, and the audience of 5000 responded to the speech w/enthusiastic applause. To that dear Rabbi, I say Mazal Tov! and if I had a glass of Manischewitz, I'd raise it to you.
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