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  1. Newsgroups: soc.singles
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!panix!sethb
  3. From: sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart)
  4. Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan4.022034.27419@panix.com>
  6. Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 02:20:34 GMT
  7. References: <JMD.92Dec30122013@lion.bear.com> <1992Dec31.163535.27462@udel.edu> <JMD.92Dec31181118@lion.bear.com>
  8. Organization: why do they keep asking me that?
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  11. In article <JMD.92Dec31181118@lion.bear.com> jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:
  12. >
  13. >In article <1992Dec31.163535.27462@udel.edu> carroll@gloin.cis.udel.edu (Mark C. Carroll) writes:
  14.  
  15. >   ]One of the rules which the Reformed dropped was the prohibition on 
  16. >   ]intermarriage.
  17. >
  18. >   Not true! The Reform movement does *not* condone or allow
  19. >   intermarriage. Please, if you've got to post the beliefs and positions
  20. >   of the other Jewish movements, make SURE that you've got them right.
  21. >
  22. >In that case, explain why Reform rabbis are willing to officiate
  23. >at mixed marriages.  I have been at several.  I know that it is not
  24. >condoned, but it _is_ allowed.
  25.  
  26. Because the Reform movement allows people (including Rabbis) to decide
  27. for themselves, some Reform Rabbis will officiate at mixed marriages,
  28. with various conditions applying, others won't.
  29.  
  30. Seth
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