Tel-Chai Nation

I honestly think this ruling was the right thing to do:

A federal appeals court has ruled that separate swimming hours at a condominium complex in Lakewood, New Jersey is discriminatory.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a decision on Monday said that the separate swimming hours in the outdoor pool of the A Country Place over-55 community were a violation of the Fair Housing Act.

The complex had changed its rules in 2016, to accommodate the religious laws of modesty upheld by the Orthodox Jewish residents, who made up two-thirds of the condo’s residents at the time, NJ.com reported.

The rules only allowed men and women to swim together between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays and all day Saturday, and most of the women’s hours took place during regular workday hours, preventing working women from being able to use the pool regularly. Women were allowed 3.5 hours of pool time after 5 p.m. on weeknights compared to 16.5 hours for men.

Three non-Orthodox residents, including a husband and wife who wanted to be able to swim together, filed the lawsuit in September 2016 after they were fined for refusing to get out of the pool when co-ed swimming hours ended.

A U.S. District Court judge had ruled in January that separate swim hours is not discriminatory because it applied to both sexes equally. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decision overruled that.

It makes little difference in the end whether the main residents were Haredis or not. What matters, IMO, is that Orthodox Judaists of any stripe would be so petty and cowardly when it comes to sex. Seriously, this kind of mindset only reduces self-confidence in the ability to manage mixed company situations properly, and they have to cut it out. It's not doing Orthodoxy any good.

Labels: haredi corruption, misogyny, Moonbattery, United States