[Avodah] Mesira vs Chillul HaShem

[Richard Wolberg]

Someone posted the following:  So if the ''mal`igim''
were a factor, we should stop opposing intermarriage, 
and join Senator Lieberman in saying that we're fine with it.
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Before responding let me make it clear that I am no fan of 
Joe Lieberman. I'm from Connecticut and neither of my parents
voted for him and I wouldn't vote for him for reasons irrelevant here.
However, the comment above that 'Senator Lieberman says we're find
with it (regarding we should stop opposing intermarriage) is patently false
and pernicious. Joe Lieberman never said 'we're fine with it.' Joe Lieberman
declined to respond since he did not see the question as pertinent to his job.
I see nothing wrong with that response and feel it is quite appropriate. It is not
his job as a senator to become involved with that type of issue. The following is
a quote from The New York Observer:

''Joe Lieberman declined to respond to my fax on the issue, his spokesman saying he did not see the question as “pertinent” to his job. And both Steve Friedman and Michael Barone argue that Jewish policies on intermarriage should be off-limits in political debate. Indeed, Mr. Barone says that hanging Mr. Bush on the intolerant policies of a backwater institution (Bob Jones) struck him as a stretch.''

Click on the following for the entire article:
http://www.observer.com/2006/07/what-would-a-jewish-veep-say-about-intermarriage/