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In column 21 (about same-sex relations) you wrote:
"When claims arise from ordinary people who wonder whether the emperor has no clothes — that is, whether there is something unreasonable here, perhaps a hint regarding same-sex relations — the speaker is denounced as a heretic against a fundamental principle. Just try saying… that homosexuality is an illness or a deviation, or that it is not right to approve a Pride Parade."
I’m interested in whether what the Rabbi wrote is indeed his own view, or whether this was merely an offhand example. Thank you very much.
Answer
This was just an example. As for whether it is an illness or a deviation, I have explained in several places my view that this is a meaningless question. As for the Pride Parade, of course it should be permitted in a democratic state.