Hi Tom, and thank you. FWIW, I have not seen any other reports on this from any other source, but then again, they may be a bit busy right now. *g*

>Hi Chris and thanks for the thoughtful response.
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>>Give the man some respect, on both sides, Republican and Democratic >protesters. I would not approve of anyone protesting at a Republican's private >residence, nor a Democrat's, or even a Libertarians. *g*
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>So you are saying here that they should out of respect stay away from his home?
>I think you are right. Every person should have the right to some privacy. Of course, those in entertainment, politics, etc do understand that privacy can be difficult at best and I think there have even been rulings by the supreme court of the rights to take pictures, etc. So while I do agree with you, I think that they did/do have the right to be there.
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>>If not respect for him, then at least his family. And if not that, at least >his religion.
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>IMO... Respect for religion has just about died out in this country. There is lip service to it but I think the vast majority of people would put doing or not doing something out of respect for religion at the very bottom of their list.
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>>It is my understanding that Lieberman is an Orthodox Jew who does not do any >work on the sabbath.
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>Herein lies an interesting rub. First of all you are correct. An Orthodox Jew is not "supposed" to work on the sabbath. But there are also about 650 other things that they are not "supposed" to do. In Jesus time the then Orthodox Jews were getting onto him about his diciples doing various things on the sabbath. His response was to point out their hypocrisy. He reminded them that any of them would rush out, if one of their valuable animals was in a ditch, and rescue them even though it was in violation of sabbath rules. In essence if it was something worth money to them their sabbath laws went out the window.
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>So then, I was not suggesting that he (or anyone) should force others to submit to his beliefs, but by not insisting that there be no trail on the sabbath was he was allowing his interests to be served above his beliefs? I AM NOT SAYING THAT HE WAS.... I was just putting the idea out for discussion.
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>>If Democrats or Republicans want to work on Sunday, that is their business. If >an Orthodox Jew does not want to work on the sabbath, that is his busines, and >I think deserves respect.
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>It is interesting to note that years ago there were the "Blue" laws. They were there to protect the Christian Sabbath, or Sunday. When I was a kid there was almost nothing open on Sunday. Now those laws are gone. Again, I'm not saying that it was right or wrong. I am saying that you can easily trace the demise of respect for the Christian Sabbath, and any Sabbath for that matter, in this country.
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>>The only thing I found funny was the Democrats making matter worse. I get this >picture of Republicans yelling, Democrats yelling at them for yelling, and so >on. In a word, hypocrisy.
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>Yes!!! How can the democrates say... you should not be here yelling on the sabbath... when they were there doing the exact same thing.
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>>I wonder....Did Lieberman ask that the court case not be tried on Saturday out of respect for his orthodox beliefs? Wait... Wait... you can try a court case but you just can not exercise your first ammendment rights of freedom of speech.
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>>I wonder... Did Lieberman, out of respect for his running mates Christian beliefs, ask Gore to insist that there be no trial on Sunday?
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>>Fine, you don't like it, protest in front of Congress, the White House, the >Dade County courthouse, but not in front of his private residence. Just common >decency.
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>>And that was my point on neither side having the moral high ground.
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>And I think you are right on target! :)
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>Good discussion Chris..... thanks!