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Behind the Aegis

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4. And yet, that is NOT what the article was about in the least.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 07:03 AM

Feb 2019

It was about people not wanting to date people who identify as JEWS. Did you not even bother to read the first line? Here it is again:

I don’t believe in organized religion. To me, Jewish identity is about history, family, tradition.

If you don't want to date some one who is religious or over-religious, that is one thing, but to not want to date someone because s/he is a Jew, that is another thing...ANTI-SEMITISM.

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To My Gay Friends: I'm Not Here for Your "Casual" Anti-Semitism [View all] Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 OP

I think many gay men might be uncomfortable with getting involved with a fundamentalist Xtian pnwmom Feb 2019 #1

What? Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 #2

It has to do with a gay person being leery of dating ANY person with a religion pnwmom Feb 2019 #3

And yet, that is NOT what the article was about in the least. Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 #4

But isn't the writer Jewish himself? My impression was that he was at a Jewish service pnwmom Feb 2019 #6

He is a Jew and gay. Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 #8

The confusion is I was addressing only the part of the article you posted. pnwmom Feb 2019 #9

At leasst you admit you didn't read the article. Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 #10

When someone is Jewish and anti-semitic, as you say the person who refused the date is, pnwmom Feb 2019 #11

So, you not only didn't read the article, you didn't get the excerpt. Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 #13

Point taken. But I think you didn't "get" my point. I didn't think, based on your excerpt, pnwmom Feb 2019 #14

This paragraph jumped out at me... irisblue Feb 2019 #5

Disappointing for sure. Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 #7

I need some time to respond to this. irisblue Feb 2019 #12