[Avodah] daas tora and voting

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 01:18:16PM -0800, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
: http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/11/rav-steinman-decides-nj-elections.html
: do elections fall under the purview of daas tora?

I would ask a different question...

Does halakhah mandate a particular vote.

Eg my state had two candidates for governor. Among the differences in
their plateform was that one backed a marriage law for MZ and the other
opposed. Would the prohibition of MZ under the 7MBN force me to vote for
the latter -- barring some other issur? And does does the issur under
7MBN include kemaasei eretz Mitzrayim of weddings and living arragenments
or "only" the act of MZ itself?

: should one ask who or what to vote for?

This is the general daas Torah question, and one we'll never get to
resolution and are even unlikely to say anything new about it.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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