[Avodah] can we marry them????? (karaites)

[Harvey Benton]

are the karaites considered jewish??
i recently was told that R. Moshe
only considered them jewish le'gabei
saving them from the nazis
i do not know if this is true, but i was 
wondering why would they not be con-sidered
jewish:
if by theology: (does someone who does not 
believe in the ikrim (rambam's or anyone else's), 
make them not jewish??
if by yichus (don't they have the best yichus 
among anyone on the planet??) 
and finally, if if by practice; 
then anyone (reform, conservative
off the derech, or whoever happens to be lapsing
in one or many mitzvot (which probably includes
all of us.....) should also not 
be considered jewish.....
hb
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