Rabbis said to use torture to secure divorces for women

[Sheilbh]

Okay. Even with, say, school vouchers?

[crazy canuck]

What about a publicly funded faith school? Or do you not have them?

Verboten.

It has never really occurred to me that our historical differences have produced such significant legal differences.

[The Minsky Moment]

Okay. Even with, say, school vouchers?

Educational vouchers provided to private persons (parents) may be spent on parochial schools by the parents if certain conditions are satisfied.
Supreme Court split 5-4 on that decision, which was not without considerable controversy.

[merithyn]

It has never really occurred to me that our historical differences have produced such significant legal differences.

That's what I've been saying!! 

[jimmy olsen]

Guy should have realized he would get a beating.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/man-admits-kidnapping-beating-husband-divorce-papers-n98361

Man Admits Kidnapping, Beating a Husband for Divorce Papers

A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to kidnapping and beating an Israeli man who had refused to divorce his wife.

David Wax, 51, a Talmudic scholar from Lakewood, New Jersey, admitted conspiring to kidnap the Jewish man in October 2010 to force him to give his wife a religious divorce, known as a "get," U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said.

According to Jewish law, the get must be presented by a husband to his wife for a divorce to happen.

Prosecutors said Wax lured the man — who was not identified — from Brooklyn, New York, to his home in Lakewood under the pretense that the man would work on Talmudic books Wax was publishing. When he arrived, the victim was brought upstairs, blindfolded, handcuffed, and bound, and then assaulted by Wax and his conspirators until he provided the get.

The family of the man's wife paid Wax about $100,000 to obtain the get. His conspirators received about $50,000, according to court documents.

The U.S. attorney's office did not provide further details on who else faces charges in the case or the status of the victim's marriage.

The conspiracy to commit kidnapping charge carries a maximum potential penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 19.

[garbon]

Yeah why didn't he think his wife's family would pay 100k to have him kidnapped and beaten?

[jimmy olsen]

Yeah why didn't he think his wife's family would pay 100k to have him kidnapped and beaten?

[garbon]

[sbr]

[jimmy olsen]

Come on, that pun was great!

[The Brain]

[Eddie Teach]

Come on, that pun was great!

Get out while the getting is good.