“I am part of a religion that has roles,” Dennis says on his radio show April 13, 2010. “While I am not Orthodox, I am a fellow traveler in many ways. I have great admiration for things that they do. I happen to endorse the idea of roles. I don’t know what would be gained in Orthodox Judaism if women became rabbis. You say equality. All right, but equality and sameness are not the same thing. There’s nothing that argues that women are not equal. Maybe it is good that men have some specific roles because then they embrace them. Men deeply need an area to carve out as their own and it is very good for boys to see men in religion. Everybody knows that women gravitate to religion more than men, so it is particularly important that boys have male models of men in religion.”<\/p>\n
“Because women are not rabbis in Orthodox Judaism, therefore they are subservient? Because women are not priests in the Roman Catholic church, therefore they are subservient? This is feminist lingo…but it is not accurate.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“I am part of a religion that has roles,” Dennis says on his radio show April 13, 2010. “While I am not Orthodox, I am a fellow traveler in many ways. I have great admiration for things that they do. … Continue reading