Talk:Yeshayahu Leibowitz

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[edit] Leibowitz and homosexuality

I am deleting the section about Leibowitz's attitude towards homosexuality. First, it is far from being certain what his view on the subject was. He was willing to talk about it and did not denigrate the seriousness of the problem for religious people finding themselves in such a predicament. However, he did not suggest any changes - of a humanistic kind - in the traditional "halachah" and did not talk about a need for special dispensations for such people. Second, this topic is not of the more predominant topics in Leibowitz's writings. His political views, his discussion of values and facts as being two totally separate categories, his expectations of a state of Israel, his views on women's emancipation, etc. were much more important and deserve mentioning. Homosexuality is not a particularly pressing subject for Leibowitz, it is clearly important, as everything else, but its importance may be as great as the importance of his view on the institution of kibbutz, or on the treatment by the government of Sefardic Jews after their having come to Israel, and the article in Wikipedia should mention it only if it purports to include absolutely everything ever said by the man. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.161.178.110 (talk) 22:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Per the article "noted for his outspoken and often controversial opinions on Jewish ethics, religion and politics" seems to me his referenced views would be more than appropriate for the article. If the views were unimportant then they wouldn't be spoken or written about. Benjiboi 00:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Leibowitz did not talk a lot about homosexuality and this is not where he was controversial. He was 'controversial' in his political and religious views, do not invent things about the man. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.73.210.21 (talk) 15:38, 4 June 2008 (UTC)