From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">


>>Israel has free speech unless you speak to someone about another
>>religion.  That's a free speech restriction based solely upon religious
>>beliefs being voted into law.
>
> Let's be honest here.  There is no ban on "speaking to someone about
> another religion", for example in a course on comparative religions etc.
> Proselytization is not at all the same thing as "speaking to someone
> about another religion".   Considering the Jews' history of being given
> the choice to convert or be killed, banning proselytization is
> completely logical and appropriate.  It should be noted also that all
> religions are allowed to be freely practiced in Israel, unlike other
> middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia.
>

Or Lebanon? Or Egypt? Or Morrocco?

>
>>The religious Jews and orthodoxy in Israel
>>participate in parliament and the creation of the laws of Israel and are
>>deeply intertwined with the kind of laws made.  So intertwined that I don't
>>think Israel can properly be called a secular state.
>
> The state is secular.  The fact that people run for office on a
> religious platform and get elected, just means it's a democracy.
> People also run for office on other platforms and get elected.
>
>

Who gets to decide who is a Jew & thus can live there in the first place?

Adam

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