Q&A: The Religious Parties’ Vote for Speaker of the Knesset
The Religious Parties’ Vote for Speaker of the Knesset
Question
What does the Rabbi think about the unanimous vote for an LGBT Knesset Speaker?
Isn’t this making a lie of themselves on the part of the religious parties, which claim not to give legitimacy to things that are not in line with Torah and Jewish law?
Isn’t there a desecration of God’s name in doing such a thing?
After all, they could have refused to vote for him and demanded a different candidate.
Would they have met with refusal?
Probably not.
It’s not as if they had no choice.
Answer
I don’t know whether they really had a choice. There’s a limit to how much pressure you can exert, and parties choose their battles. And is a prime minister who is adulterous, desecrates the Sabbath, and is corrupt any less severe? And if he were a minister rather than the Speaker of the Knesset, then what? I’ve already written several times that Haredim are very pragmatic, and in politics that’s legitimate. They even protested his election in various ugly ways.