Rabbi Ari Segal posted a thoughtful piece on the educational issues raised in the LGBT issue [
www.shalhevetboilingpoint.com]
An excerpt:
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This may surprise many adults, but the reconciliation of the Torah’s discussion of homosexuality represents the single most formidable religious challenge for our young people today. More young people are “coming out†than ever before, and that repeatedly puts a face to this theological challenge. These weighty issues do not live in the abstract; they powerfully and emotionally impact genuine individuals living in our Orthodox community, with real life families and friends. What may seem like an interesting sociological debate in truth is creating crushing pain, anxiety, and general turmoil for people about whom we care deeply.
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I posted some thoughts on this issue, as well, at [
haemtza.blogspot.com] .
An excerpt:
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One pedagogic answer can be suggested flowing from this essay: The future of Modern Orthodox education is going to be quite different from the past – from now on, a central mission of Modern Orthodox schools is to teach its students how and what to filter. We still live in a wonderful society with many spectacular virtues, from religious freedom to democracy and includes other values that the Orthodox should incorporate. But, not all the values of our secular society are positive. The mission of Modern Orthodox schools and Modern Orthodox educators for the next generation ought to be to teach students how and what to filter. Particularly in our educational system and in its outreach to parents, as well as in our campus work, we need to help people get a stronger spine to withstand some of the new storm winds blowing across society.
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In this forum, I am particularly interested in the educational issues raised by Rabbi Segal's post and my reply.
Thank you.
MJB
Michael J. Broyde
Professor of Law
Emory University School of Law
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