[Avodah] food's kosher,but

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2012/02/17/when-tzedek-isnt-the-conservative-movement-finds-a-cause/ 


in  comments,  micha  noted-----

?lacosta?: why does serving treyf affect the hechsher but abusing workers 
doesn?t?

Because the hekhsher is a statement that ?this isn?t treif?.

When I was a kid, a reastaurant in Queens with Middle Eastern cuisine lost 
its hekhsher over having a belly dancer. The hekhsher could not in good 
conscience promote kosher-observant Jewish men watching belly dancing. 
That?s closer to this topic, in that the agency wouldn?t certify something 
as kosher for reasons other than kashrus.
But it?s still different, because the consumer is the one who would be 
sinning. Here it?s the producer who sinned, not what do we do? One can?t 
crossbreed fruit, but after the fact, crossbred fruit are kosher. Here too 
it?s after the fact.

and another  commentor----

In short response to your response, I think that if the Orthodox 
rabbinute, in general, paid more attention to the type of issues that 
could be considered ?ethical? issues in the general society, it would 
undercut things like this Conversative ?hecksher.? 


Question  :      1]   does anyone  have a problem with pulling the 
hechsher  because  of  mixed dancing/belly dancing ?
                        2]   would anyone having  a problem if  O rabbis 
declared  aproduct trayf,   eg  table  grapes bacause of   a] the 
behaviour of jewish owners b] non-jewish owners?
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