Beware of the Lieberman "Trap" Senator Joseph Lieberman's voting record on Infanticide, Pornography, and "Gay-Rights" is a disgrace to the Orthodox Jewish community ________________ Rabbi Isaac Levy, chairman of Jews for Morality, today warned Orthodox Jewish organizations to distance themselves from Vice-Presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman.
"Joe Lieberman claims that he is a 'Modern-Orthodox' Jew. In practice this means that he performs many of the rituals of the Orthodox Jew but votes like a Reform Jew - 'With his mouth and lips he honors Me, but his heart is estranged from Me.' (Isaiah 29:13)
1. ABORTION AND INFANTICIDE. "Joseph Lieberman supports abortion at any stage of pregnancy, even while the baby is already being born ('partial-birth abortion'). He voted to oppose the bill (H.R.1833) that would have outlawed this barbarous procedure. All Orthodox Jewish authorities on halacha (Jewish law) agree that 'partial-birth abortion' is murder.
2. PORNOGRAPHY. "Lieberman voted to oppose the Communication Decency Act (S.652) that sought to protect children from Internet pornography, while supporting the National Endowment for the Humanities, a group that funds sacrilegious pornography.
3. HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE. "Lieberman voted for the ENDA Act (S.2056), a bill which adds homosexuals to the group of minorities who are entitled to special affirmative-action privileges. He also voted for the Hate Crimes Act, a bill that would give to homosexuals special protections that are not granted to citizens in general.
"If the Orthodox Jewish community continues to enthusiastically support 'my son the Vice-President', it will be trapped into downplaying its most treasured traditions -the sanctity of human life and the importance of family decency -'Their G-d hates immorality.'
"Lieberman has publicly stated, 'Who I am determines how I vote on particular issues.' -If this is true, then what does that tell us about the real Joe Lieberman?"
