tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3774511464502133566..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Supreme Court of Canada Takes Jurisidiction in Jewish DivorceThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33101334278628446672007-12-16T18:05:00.000-08:002007-12-16T18:05:00.000-08:00It isn't repudiated by his own community because i...It isn't repudiated by his own community because it is part of their religious belief system....There, let's be upfront with that. If this is Canada and there are Canadian laws then people who live in Canada ought to live by them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-34228135092058994432007-12-14T20:03:00.000-08:002007-12-14T20:03:00.000-08:00Unfortunately, Anon, I don't think this ruling is ...Unfortunately, Anon, I don't think this ruling is nearly as broad as you take it. The issue seems to be one of whether this yahoo's contractual obligation could trump his religious freedoms. Even then they couldn't order specific enforcement of his obligation to grant the get, merely allow her to recover damages for his breach. Not being Jewish, I was able to see how this misery can be exploited first hand. I can't condemn Judaism for its beliefs but I think a man who holds his wife hostage like this ought to be utterly repudiated by his own community. That, sadly, doesn't seem to be the case.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-74456524698583952062007-12-14T13:19:00.000-08:002007-12-14T13:19:00.000-08:00YEah the icing on this cake is that Justice Abella...YEah the icing on this cake is that Justice Abella is a Jewish Woman.<BR/><BR/>Freedom of religion can only be guarenteed under the charter as long as it does not infringe on other's freedoms. This is clear.<BR/><BR/>You cannot for example, burn the wife of a Hindu on his funeral pyre, or genitally mutilate female teenagers as a "freedom of religion".<BR/><BR/>As such this man's vindictive infringement on his former wifes' ability to live her life and remarry as a Jew is not guarenteed under the Charter. If he never wants to remarry and consider himself still married, so be it. If he wants to impose that on another, he cannot.<BR/><BR/>Good!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com