Letter: Editorial misses the mark on eruv controversy in Mahwah

I’m no legal expert, but the arguments posed seem to have reversed the concept of religious freedom.

Regardless of what’s allowed on public utility poles, people of all beliefs have long been free to reside in, visit, drive and walk the parks, streets and sidewalks of every Bergen County community.

An eruv is a symbol used by members of the Orthodox Jewish faith to set geographic borders to allow its observers to undertake activities otherwise prohibited on Saturdays and Jewish holidays.

That would seriously erode separation of church and state, and represent religious discrimination in its starkest form.

http://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/11/16/letter-editorial-misses-mark-eruv-controversy-mahwah/872101001/

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.