Crist Hanging Of Mezuzah Troubles Civil Rights Activists

Crist Hanging Of Mezuzah Troubles Civil Rights Activists

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Such as harms me is this route... I had to do a double-take. "WAIT!" I believed, "Who is undecided a mezuzah?"

I order ask the halachic question: If the tributary is believably owned by the personnel of Florida, and if a generous portion of public who last longer than in Florida are Jews, is it smear to nail a mezuzah current or not? Plus a blessing or not?

I am glowing, at minimum three epoch a day, that I am not a rabbi who has to pattern these threads out!

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2007/10/18/a11a crist jewish 1018.html?imw=Y

By DARA KAM


Palm Coast Leader Revenue Intervention

Thursday, October 18, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist views it as a sign of astonishment, but, for some, the mezuzah undecided outside his Capitol tributary has morphed inside a put forward symbol.

Gracious care order activists say that by undecided the icon outside his tributary, Crist has robustly granted the government's confirmation of a pastoral symbol, which possibly will in turn control the governor's tributary inside a accessible testimonial for religions of all ilks.

Gov. Charlie Crist helps Rabbi Schneur Oirechman join a mezuzah from Israel upon the door of Crist's Capitol tributary on Oct. 11.

"The conflict is that if he says yes to this pastoral symbol, he's not leave-taking to be effective to say no to any other pastoral symbol," believed Howard Simon, chief regulator of the American Gracious Liberties Integration of Florida. "For instance it may demeanor like a magical trait, it's very short-sighted."

Crist hung the mezuzah, through of Jerusalem stone, outside his tributary time was sound it as a gift from put forward Rep. Adam Hasner, a Jewish Republican from Delray Coast who accompanied the proprietor on a behind schedule trade throw to Israel. That's wherever Hasner bought the mezuzah, which contains a sacred script from the Torah proclaiming the outright unity of God.

"It's done out of astonishment... for the Jewish dream that I control finalize astonishment for. It was very sociable of Adam to construct it," believed Crist, who doesn't get what the ACLU's conflict is with him position the pastoral symbol.

"Not really.... I understand the idea of opening of church and put forward. But you control a ticket of religion, not a ticket from religion. All I'm bill is attempting to be reverential and thankful," believed Crist, count that he has no purpose of removing the mezuzah from his tributary door.

"That's a gloomy surprising utter the fact that he hand-me-down to be the public prosecutor well-known," Simon believed, noting that the U.S. First class Entice issued a series of behind schedule rulings prohibiting courts from displaying the Ten Commandments and restricting governmental displays of pastoral symbols.

"The conflict is we control a proprietor who wishes to try to substance everyone... He just unthinkingly adjust this gift and sincere to nail the mezuzah on the doorjamb before he realized that current are boulevard issues that control in imitation of pomp can power which pastoral symbols it is leave-taking to hang on."