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    Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher

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    Image of librariesare4lovers librariesare4lovers
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Oy vey! And not for nothing but I was taught in Catholic school this exact same thing. My entire junior year of religion was devoted to the study of morality and IVF (if you aren't using your husbands jizz) or using a surrogate are considered by the Catholic church to be amoral...and my parents wonder why I ran as far away from the church as possible while simultaneously giving the pope the finger.
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    Image of colormeroutine colormeroutine
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Now, I am not saying this whole "children of single mothers have a worse life" line of defense is at all valid, but let's pretend for a second that it is; wouldn't this be significantly different for children who's mothers PLANNED to have them alone, weighed the costs, are happy about the decision, ect, than for children of mothers who found themselves divorced or widowed, things that aren't planned for?
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    Image of Lin-Z [linguist on duty] Lin-Z [linguist on duty]
    08/18/09

    @colormeroutine: That makes sense to me. It's a lot different to know that you want a kid and that you're ready for one, than to, say get knocked up and have the father make a run for it.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    If God didn't intend for single women to be able to have babies, then He would have made fetuses to spontaneously abort themselves after a breakup.
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    08/18/09

    @morninggloria: He's talking about women who go in for IVF, who are unmarried and without a boyfriend. Puah is a charity to help those dealing with infertility.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/18/09

    @deeemer: So it's okay to do it with good old fashioned fucking?
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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    08/18/09

    @morninggloria: Oh, I'm sure the Rabbis are totally fine with premarital sex. It's not like any religion out there has a problem with it or anything.
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    Image of Mafalda para Presidente Mafalda para Presidente
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Who needs a religious authority's permission when life itself allows you to do it?

    All I'm saying is, if God didn't mean for it to happen, he should have made conception and labor dependent on marriage vows.
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    Image of keldo keldo
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Psssst....we don't need permission!
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    Image of sangmo sangmo
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    "there is not one rabbinical religious authority in the world allowing a single woman to give birth."

    Hmm.....I wonder if the fact that all of them consist ONLY of men has anything to do with it?

    Jealous much?
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    Image of GirlyQ is a manta ray GirlyQ is a manta ray
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    As a Jew, I apologize for these people. But thank God, they are the quite small Orthodox faction, and not the much more common Reform or Conservative that I claim.

    While I do think a dialogue about responsible use of IVF is in order...condemning all single moms isn't it.
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    Image of dj_chick dj_chick
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    I think I'll go ponder this while I eat a bacon cheeseburger...
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    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Sooo if they're not Kosher, does that mean that I can't eat them? Or that I couldn't if I were Jewish, I guess...
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Hasidim? I barely know him!
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    08/18/09

    @AndPreciousLittleofThat: Ba-dunp-bump!
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    Image of berlitzfrench berlitzfrench
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    I believe my limited knowledge of Judaism reared its ugly head when I read the headline and wondered why anyone would want to EAT a single mother. My bad.
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    Image of PansyPhineas PansyPhineas
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Wow, this post just made me realize that Mary is the first-well known single mom. Good for her. Even if Joseph hadn't come along, Jesus still would have been born and still been (according to Christians) the Son of God. As long as people who WANT kids are having (and/or adopting) them, good for you.
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    Image of sympathyforthebasementcat sympathyforthebasementcat
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Well, Mary did it, and look what that got the Jews.
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Wow, this has been a really confusing day, religion wise, on Jez. First the Methodists are talking about robbers and swimming, and then the Jews are talking about telling single women to say "No thanks, I'm Jewish" to maternal urges.
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    08/18/09

    In reply to Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
    Also, I originally read that as "Rabbits have spoken" and I got really excited. Then I realized it didn't make much sense in context.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    08/18/09

    @fakezen: Especially considering rabbits aren't kosher either!
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    08/18/09

    @LaComtesse: I like to think rabbits would be less judgy.
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    08/18/09

    @fakezen: I would have been much more inspired by speaking rabbits. But you know, they do have that disapproving look quite often, so you can't be sure they wouldn't be judgy. But speaking rabbits would certainly be more fun.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    08/18/09

    @fakezen: Unless rabbits use their positions of power to intentionally misinterpret their religious traditions to mask personal and inherent misogyny... but I don't think rabbits are that smart. They could probably be bribed with alfalfa or threatened by an overzealous simpleton named Lenny...
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    08/18/09

    @LaComtesse: In which case rabbits would be more like the KKK than any religious group.
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    Image of Maritsa Maritsa
    08/18/09

    @LaComtesse: UM, what about Fiver??
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    08/18/09

    @Maritsa: Team Thlalie!
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