Artbrooks:   Which is similar to the pragmatism of the U S, U K, and other nations with similar constitutional guidlines. This brings us back to my original point---A Jewish State with secular majority that compromises with religious parties (similar to Dems/Repubs/3d parties in the US) to achieve funcionality that can keep the nation moving on.   

Surely if the, say, Satmars had their way Israel and perhaps the rest of the world as we know it would be long gone. Intransigence never has a happy ending.


Bill Hahn