“ According to Rambam, the Noachide Laws (Sheva Mitvot Benei No'ach): If a Ben No'ach steals even less than a Perutah, he is executed. And he gets no warning. Should we teach this to a Ben No'ach when a Jew who steals more than a Perutah is just fined? ”

“ David Weprin happens to be a good choice by the party to win the seat. I used to like him although i never thought he is the sharpest tool in the shed, but being a so called frum Jew he did the unthinkable. After Assemblyman Hikind made his statement (which I believe took 8 minutes) opposing the GM bill. Not only did Weprin vote for the GM bill but he actually stood up and made a statement to the effect that "as an orthodox Jew and his children attending orthodox schools I support and will vote yes for this bill" The speaker voted yes but did not make any statements. As the speaker he may have had to vote yes and as I understand he doesn't do anything controversial without discussing it with his Rav harav Dovid Feinstein. But For Weprin to vote yes and do it very loud and proud is really disgusting. i don't live in that district but if I would I would loudly and proudly with my head held high vote for his opposition...we don't need a so called orthodox Jew that so blatantly spits in the face of our values. ”

“ Obviously, the Noachide laws are irrelevant to political decisions and voting in contemporary legislative bodies in galus outside of EY.....goyim are free to do what they wish even if yidden are bound to follow daas torah. With all the issues in our own kehillah (Madoff, SMR, Wiener, Dwek, etc.) we have no business lecturing the goyim about morality. ”

“ With a nice "jewish" name like Peter your giving a P'sak :-)

Why is this even a Jewish issue ? We have a torah! stick to it & you don't have to worry. ”

“ David Weprin happens to be a good choice by the party to win the seat. I used to like him although i never thought he is the sharpest tool in the shed, but being a so called frum Jew he did the unthinkable. After Assemblyman Hikind made his statement (which I believe took 8 minutes) opposing the GM bill. Not only did Weprin vote for the GM bill but he actually stood up and made a statement to the effect that "as an orthodox Jew and his children attending orthodox schools I support and will vote yes for this bill" The speaker voted yes but did not make any statements. As the speaker he may have had to vote yes and as I understand he doesn't do anything controversial without discussing it with his Rav harav Dovid Feinstein. But For Weprin to vote yes and do it very loud and proud is really disgusting. i don't live in that district but if I would I would loudly and proudly with my head held high vote for his opposition...we don't need a so called orthodox Jew that so blatantly spits in the face of our values. ”

“ Is it true that Sheldon Silver discusses his votes with R. Dovid Feinstein? I simply can't believe this is true with respect to the new "marriage" law.

Are we really to believe that such a gadol approved a vote for this monstrosity?

Also, to those who comment that Weprin was simply voting the will of his constituents, this is a serious misunderstanding of the role of an elected official. A representative is not a robot, there is an ongoing give-and-take between them and those they represent.

And in any event there was substantial, perhaps a majority, opinion among his constituents against this abomination.

Both Weprin and Silver should never receive an aliyah or any honors from frum shuls of organizations in the future. Anyone who honors either of them is complicit in this aveirah. ”