Union for Reform Judaism adopts resolution on Alito

[Gothmog]

I just came from the debate at the Union for Reform Judaiasm Biennial convention here in Houston where we just adopted a resolution opposing the confirmation of Alito. It was a great debate with a former law clerk speaking for Alito and the counsel for People for the American Way taking the opposing view. The resolution is a little controversial in that this is before the hearings and there was an attempt to amend the resolution to wait until after the hearings. Here is a link to the resolution as adopted. http://biennial.urj.org/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=1073&destination=ShowItem Here is the actual resolution approved by the URJ.
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THEREFORE, the Union for Reform Judaism resolves to:
Oppose Judge Alito’s nomination as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States now, based on his extensive record, but have the Union review that decision at the end of the hearings, with the understanding that if disclosures in the hearings do not reflect substantial changes, the Union will remain in opposition to his nomination.

[WhiteTara]

1. well good for them!

I hope lots of groups come out against him in the next month. We have been given this short reprieve and I hope that there will be more than the usual suspects opposing him.

[Gothmog]

2. Here is a link to this story

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1331266

HOUSTON - The largest branch of North American Judaism voted on Sunday to oppose Samuel Alito's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

More than 2,000 delegates of the Union for Reform Judaism adopted a resolution saying Alito would "shift the ideological balance of the Supreme Court on matters of core concern to the reform movement" on abortion rights, women's rights, civil rights and the scope of federal power.

[rockymountaindem]

3. Great!

Last night someone posted about the union for Reform Judaism adopting a stance against the Iraq war, and posted a nasty thread from Yahoo full of anti-Semitic attacks.

Some people there blamed "the Jews" (I love when they try to lump us all together :eyes: ) for starting the war, and the rest called us traitors for wanting to end it. Looks like we can't get any love. Although, from the tenor of discussion, I'd say most of those people were middle school kids. Nonetheless, that was some of the most anti-Semitic rhetoric I've ever seen.

Good for the Reform movement. I'm kind of a Conservative myself, but I still tip my cap to this.