"Do you think I could be mayor someday?"
If I believed it was my religious duty to vote for Moshe Abutbol - and not for Eli Cohen - because the latter isn't a ritually-observant Jew, I'd do the following thought-exercise... ...I'm elected as the mayor of the city. I visit a school under my jurisdiction, and I meet a classroom full of bright-eyed little boys and/or girls. One of them comes up to me and asks the following question: "Do you think I could be mayor someday?" Suddenly I'm taken aback. Because here's the thing - these kids are not religious . The question is, what would I respond? One thing's for sure - I could not, and would not, look that little girl or boy in the face and tell them what I really believed: "No, you can never be mayor, nor should you ever be mayor. Not unless you become religious." Or: "No, not unless you move to a non-religious city." Why? Because it's cruel. Because I know in my heart that it's wrong to say such ...