[Avodah] mar'at ayin-sources

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

>>But in any case, that's NOT the question being asked. The question being 
asked is about an action which is halachically allowed but socially 
unacceptable. I would think such activities to be not Maarit Ayin, but 
Chilul Hashem, because it causes the onlooker to have lessened respect for 
HaShem and for Torah people


----'socially acceptable''  by whom?     an example  would  help.     is 
he referring to actions  like  'poliical correctness' of   general society 
 , so your doing them  may be  a chillul hahsem legabei hagoyim?    or is 
he talking about  eg   wearing the wrong colored shirt/style of kipa  that 
is muttar lechatchila    but  socially unacceptable in certain circles? in 
which case  it may not be assur at all, but still get one in all types of 
social stigma  [thrown out of yeshiva, no shidduchim, etc] 

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