silver, he called out christian nationalists. they not only deny religious freedom to choose, but also to fellow christians, who are mostly pro-choice and view jesus as a paragon of love not power, and are gassed at their coat religion this posthumous identity theft of jesus and his teachings. rabbi silver, i have him here. he is a lawyer, a former democratic member of florida s house of representatives, and he joins me now. rabbi, we were joking before we started this segment, you have many more the yarmulke you are going to wear with me is to tell me about this lawsuit. so very briefly, giving it to the basics of this lawsuit. while you are doing this against the state of florida? it is great to be here on msnbc. in hebrew and yiddish ms means the truth. so it is great to see it msnbc, and if you want to see the you go to the fox. this type of attempt to impose a fundamentalist christian the
respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. those words of freedom, written into the first amendment, now being called into question as many christian conservatives are using religion as a pretext to restrict the rights of women nationwide. but one florida synagogue, well, it is suing the state for violating religious freedoms. they were in response to the overturning of roe v. wade, the congregation says that the united states supreme court decisions, and voters on anti abortion law, criminalizes the practice of jewish law entitles and requires abortion. when it is necessary to protect a woman from, and i will emphasize this, emotional or physical harm. in that same response, the congregations rabbi, barry
and he said that freedom begins with an act of defiance. and this is the congregations act of defiance. you are a lawyer, i am a lawyer. although we also wear different hats and yarmulke. my question for you as a lawyer. florida s abortion ban, it actually does have an exception, tragically not for rape, incest, or human trafficking. but it does have an exception if there is going to be a harm to the women s life. how is that inconsistent with jewish teachings? because you have to talk to all types of groups to prove it. and if you don t prove, it you are criminalizing, it s your put into jail. we should have the absolute discretion to be able to determine for ourselves. the woman should be able to determine this. if she has to figure out is this going to pass muster, there was no to do when you re talking about abortion, or am i going to be put in jail, that it has a chilling effect on the constitutional rights, and it is therefore patently illegal. it is outright hug spa for chri