Showing posts with label Cymbrowitz. Show all posts
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Monday, June 15, 2015

Dov Hikind Votes For 2 Bills That Recognize Same Sex "Marriage"

It's bad enough that people like Steven Cymbrowitz (Flatbush), Joseph Lentol (Williamsburg) vote for pro homosexuality bills because they know our community doesn't have our priorities straight and wouldn't use political pressure to force these politicians to vote appropriately.  But here we have 2 bills that's purpose is to consider same sex "marriages" equivalent, to real marriages, and of the 5 Jews in Albany who claim to be Orthodox all 5 voted for it (Dov Hikind, Phillip Goldfeder, Michael Simanowitz, Shelly Silver (who no longer has his fake heter of being speaker), and David Weprin).

The memo to Bill A05476 makes it clear that it's purpose is to extend same sex "marriages" to other areas of the law, and is thus really a bill to recognize same sex "marriage" in estates, powers and trusts law.  (highlighted portion is added for clarity). The reason for this bill was that the state didn't change other laws when they made the same sex "marriage" law.  Voting for this bill is voting to recognize those said unions for other areas of the law.  Thus voting for this bill is equvlient to voting for same sex "marriage".
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The "Marriage" Equality Act enacted as Chapter 95 of 2011 provides that "marriages" of same-sex and different-sex couples are to be treated equally in all respects under the law. This bill makes conforming changes to the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law and the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act to reflect the provisions of the same sex "marriage" Act.
 
The second bill A00023 makes it that same sex "marriages" must be recognized regarding adoptions as is made perfectly clear by the memo.  Voting for this bill means by default, you recognize the "marriage" of a same sex couple, and furthermore wish to make sure that other states recognize the "parentage" of both parties in the same sex couple
JUSTIFICATION : 
Under existing New York law, judges already have the ability to grant an adoption of a child by a petitioner whose parentage is already legally-recognized. These adoptions are routinely granted and can be very important for many same-sex "couples" and their "children"
While the spouse of a woman who gives birth to a child is presumed to be the child's parent, same-sex "couples" find themselves in a legally precarious position when traveling in places where same-sex "marriages" are not recognized. A New York adoption would be honored in another jurisdiction, and afforded full faith and credit, even if a couple's "marriage" was not. This gives children the security that both their "parents" will be legally recognized wherever family members may be due to their same sex "marriage".
Already under existing law, judges may and routinely do grant these adoptions. Despite this clear legal authority, a Surrogate's Court in Brooklyn recently denied a "married" same-sex couple an adoption. This bill further codifies the existing law to explicitly state that a petition to adopt shall not be denied solely on the basis that the petitioner's parentage is already legally-recognized due to a same sex "marriage". This bill ensures that same sex couples' access to such adoptions could not be fettered by future court decisions.

Contacting some of these legislators to complain can prevent them from ever voting for such rishus again, this is especially true for Dov Hikind who is represents the largest Orthodox community in America

Dov Hikind (718) 853-9616
Phillip Goldfeder (718) 945-9550, (718) 641-8755
Michael Simanowitz (718) 969-1508
Shelly Silver (212) 312-1420
David Weprin (718)454-3027, (718)805-2381
Steven Cymbrowitz (718)743-4078
Joseph Lentol (718)383-7474

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

"Orthodox" Assemblymen Vote To Ban Helping People Overcome Unwanted Same Sex Attraction

Four "Orthodox" Assemblymen Voted to ban helping people try to overcome their same sex attraction, they furthermore voted that there is no problem with being a homosexual!
a.  Being  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual  or  transgender is not a disease, disorder, illness, deficiency, or shortcoming.  The  major  professional associations  of  mental  health  practitioners  and  researchers in the United States have recognized this fact for nearly 40 years. (bill)

Call them to protest their evil votes
Michael Simanowitz (718)-969-1508
Phillip Goldfeder (718)-945-9550
David Weprin (718)-805-2381
Shelly Silver (212)-312-1420

Remember that many rabbis (from all circles) stated there was a obligation for those who have a desire for homosexuality, to go for therapy to get help

Listen to Rav Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik's strong opposition to the liberals stopping a therapist from helping a person overcome homosexuality.
Here are examples of some of the things they want to ban for being "traumatic" !
“Then modern Orthodox high schools were sending their kids to a conversion therapy program. The school psychologist would try to change them from being gay to straight. Their methods included having the kid repeating the verse in the Bible over and over again for 45 minutes. Looking at pictures of AIDS victims and colorectal cancer victims and say ‘this is what comes of homosexual sex.’ Kids were being "traumatized". We haven’t heard that lately. Now the complaints kids have is that they don’t hear anybody from the administration using the word ‘gay’, and worry about what would happen if they come out. "Orthodox" high schools are starting to think proactively about it,” says Levovitz. “We’re heading in the "right" direction.”

For the remainder of this post all those politicians who acted problematically that have a decent sized Orthodox population in their district will be highlighted yellow,

those that have a sizable Orthodox community will be highlighted green "Orthodox" politicians will be highlighted blue

SPONSOR    Glick (MS)

COSPNSR    Titone, Jaffee, O'Donnell, Barrett, Roberts, Skoufis, Zebrowski,
           Schimel, Rosenthal, Kavanagh, Abinanti, Arroyo, Buchwald, Bronson,
           Magnarelli, Weprin, Linares

MLTSPNSR   Cook, Hevesi, Lavine, Ryan, Stirpe, Thiele
Vote Count in the Assembly

A04958 Votes:

A04958 04/29/2015 111/26
AbbateYClarkERGanttYKimYMorelleYRiveraYStecNO
AbinantYColtonYGarbariYKolbNOMosleyYRobertsYSteckY
ArroyoERCookYGiglioERLalorNOMoyaYRobinsoYStirpeY
AubryYCorwinYGjonajYLavineYMurrayNORodriguYTediscoNO
BarclayYCrespoYGlickYLawrencNONojayNORosenthalYTenneyER
BarrettYCrouchYGoldfederYLentolYNolanYRozicYThieleY
BarronYCurranYGoodellNOLiftonYOaksNORussellYTitoneY
BenedetYCusickYGottfriYLinaresYO'DonneERRyanYTitusY
BichotteYCymbrowitzYGrafNOLopezNOOrtizYSaladinYWalkerY
BlakeYDavilaYGuntherYLupardoYOtisYSantabaYWalterY
BlankenNODenDekkYHawleyNOLupinacYPalmesaNOScarborABWeinsteinY
BorelliYDilanYHevesiYMageeYPalumboYSchimelYWeprinY
BrabeneNODinowitzYHikindERMagnareYPaulinYSchimmiNOWoernerY
BraunstYDiPietrERHooperYMalliotYPeoplesYSeawrigYWozniakNO
BrennanYDupreyYJaffeeYMarkeyERPerryYSepulveYWrightY
BrindisYEnglebrYJean-PiYMayerYPersaudYSilverYZebrowskiY
BronsonYFahyYJohnsNOMcDonalYPichardYSimanowitsYMr SpkrY
Brook-KrYFarrellYJoynerYMcDonouNOPretlowYSimonY
BuchwaldYFinchYKaminskyYMcKevitNOQuartYSimotasY
ButlerNOFitzpatNOKatzERMcLaughERRaNOSkartadY
CahillYFriendNOKavanagYMillerYRaiaYSkoufisY
CerettoNOGalefYKearnsNOMontesaERRamosYSolagesY










As we can see there is no chazaka that a "Orthodox" Politician is kosher


The Senate sponsors of the bill 


SPONSOR    HOYLMAN

COSPNSR    GIANARIS, AVELLA, BOYLE, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, DILAN, ESPAILLAT,
           HAMILTON, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LATIMER, MARTINS,
           MONTGOMERY, PANEPINTO, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SAVINO,
           SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, VALESKY





 
Everybody should call up their state senators, urging them to do whatever they can to prevent this evil bill from passing the Senate and becoming law!

Senator Simcha Felder (718)253-2015 is one of the most influential members in the senate: Everyone should call him, urging him to use his influence to help stop this evil bill from ever becoming law!

Friday, November 7, 2014

David Greenfield Defends Pedophiles

OJ political club is Greenfield's political club

On election Day David Greenfield was seen by multiple witnesses campaigning for Steven Cymbrowitz (click to read some of Cymbrowitz's terrible record) at the Sephardic Community Center on the morning of election day.  As far as we can tell the vote Greenfield's referring to is one of the votes mentioned in this flyer below.  The reason being is that this was the flyer being distributed at that the Sephardic Community Center that morning where Greenfield was spotted.



front of the flyer




Back of the flyer
Cymbrowitz voted to kill these 2 bills in committee along with all the other democrat assemblymembers, seemingly because a republican sponsored these important bills and Shelly Silver usually doesn't allow any bills sponsored by a Republican to be voted on even if they can save someone's life.  

One of these bills (A5991) would be get rid of the statue of limitations for a molester in civil and criminal court.  This bill as opposed to the (Markey) bill that Agudah publicly protested would clearly only deal with the perpetrators themselves, and not the institutions that covered up for the molesters.

This bill was held for consideration, not because there was something wrong with the bill, but in order to kill the bill in a way to save face. This was all a political ruse in order to claim they never officially voted "against" this bill, hoping people would be stupid.




The other bill (A6158) would make a molester serve more time behind bars extending the punishment for certain molesters from (10-25 years) to (25 years-life), it also would further protect our children by placing the molester under a lifetime supervision by the parole board if they ever get out from jail.

This bill was also held for consideration, not because there was something wrong with the bill, but in order to kill the bill in a way to save face. This was all a political ruse in order to claim they never officially voted "against" this bill, hoping people would be stupid.

1. Does David Greenfield also oppose these 2 laws to protect our children from pedophiles?

2. Does Agudas Yisroel also oppose these 2 bills even though their official reasoning for opposing the Markey Bill does not apply?

3. Since David Greenfield's political club cares so much about "Daas Torah", how come they have no complaints against David Greenfield for made fun of rabbis for endorsing Erick Salgado?



Call up David Greenfield's office (718)-853-2704 ask him to clarify his and agudas support for pedophiles!

Friday, September 12, 2014

Why Shmuel Lefkowitz Endorsed Steven Cymbrowitz Over A Orthodox Jew Who Would Have Sponsored A Bill To Repeal Same Sex "Marriage"

 לא תביא אתנן זונה ומחיר כלב בית ה' קלהיך לכל נדר, כי תועבת ה' קלהיך גם שניהם
You shall not bring a prostitute's fee or the price of a dog, to the House of the Lord, your God, for any vow, because both of them are an abomination to the Lord, your God


As We know Agudas Yisroel's chief lobbyist endorsed Steven Cymbrowitz (who for the most part has a pro homosexuality record) over Ben Akselrod who promised to sponsor a bill to repeal same sex "marriage"


(L-R) Leon Goldenberg, Steven Cymbrowitz, Shmuel Lefkowitz

Unfortunately Lefkowitz and others like him (Goldenberg, Sam Sutton etc.) (more in a future post) led Ben Akselrod to lose the Orthodox Vote and thus the election.

Of course Shmuel Lefkowitz wouldn't care about the fact that Cymbrowitz has a pro gay record and Ben Akselrod would have fought it because he didn't even try to fight the "marriage" bill in the first place.



In an article that apeared 10 days before the "marriage" bill passed, and much of the Jewish community was very worried that this would pass Shmuel Lefkowitz admitted he was not fighting the "marriage" bill

Factions of New York’s Orthodox Jewry have also been monitoring the legislative jostling closely. On May 23, six organizations issued a joint position statement exhorting lawmakers to uphold traditional marriage. Among the signatories was Agudath Israel of America, an umbrella organization for ultra-Orthodox groups, both Hasidic and non-Hasidic, who share a “singular belief in the Torah as the primary source of their religious values,” according to "Rabbi" Shmuel Lefkowitz, its chief officer for governmental affairs.
“On the issue of legalizing same-sex "marriage",” the statement reads,
“the Orthodox Jewish world speaks with one voice, loud and clear: We oppose the redefinition of the bedrock relationship of the human family. The Torah, which forbids homosexual activity, sanctions only the union of a man and a woman in matrimony.”
Lefkowitz believes that same-sex "marriage" lacks the requisite momentum for passage. “If I believed the votes were there, I’d put more effort into it,” he says. “I believe this is under control.”

Friday, September 5, 2014

Shmuel Lefkowitz "Thinks" Teaching Kids "Healthy Attitudes" Towards Homosexuality Is A Jewish Value!

In Yeshiva World's endorsement for Flatbush Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (district 45), Shmuel Lefkowitz showed his lack of understanding of Jewish values
Frum Leaders Write: ‘Why We Need You to Vote for Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz for Re-election’ - See more at: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/257129/frum-leaders-write-why-we-need-you-to-vote-for-assemblyman-steven-cymbrowitz-for-re-election.html#sthash.ewuT0K7d.dpuf

Shmuel Lefkowitz of Agudath Israel knows that he can always count on the Assemblyman to look out for our best interests. “Steven is a true advocate for our community. His priorities are shaped by the community he represents and his voting record reflects the community’s values,” said Lefkowitz.
(YWN)


So let's look at some of his votes that Lefkowitz thinks are Jewish vaules

1. He voted multiple times for a grant program to teach kids about "healthy attitudes" towards homosexuality
S 1451. ESTABLISHMENT OF AGE-APPROPRIATE SEX EDUCATION GRANT  PROGRAM;

2. THE COMPONENTS OF INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE WHETHER SUCH INSTRUCTION:

(N) DEVELOPS HEALTHY ATTITUDES AND VALUES CONCERNING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BODY IMAGE, GENDER ROLES, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND OTHER SUBJECTS
2. He voted multiple times to teach kindergarteners tolerance and respect towards gays which in practice has since led to a school having girls ask other girls to kiss each other.

Instruction in civility, citizenship and character education. The  regents  shall  ensure  that  the  course  of instruction in grades kindergarten through twelve includes a component on  civility,  citizenship  and character education. Such component shall instruct students on the principles of honesty, tolerance, personal  responsibility,  respect for  others,  observance  of laws and rules, courtesy, dignity and other traits which will enhance the  quality  of  their  experiences  in,  and contributions  to,  the  community.  The  regents shall determine how to incorporate such component in existing curricula  and  the  commissioner shall  promulgate any regulations needed to carry out such determination of the regents.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "TOLERANCE," "RESPECT FOR OTHERS" AND "DIGNITY" SHALL INCLUDE  AWARENESS  AND  SENSITIVITY  TO DISCRIMINATION  OR HARASSMENT AND CIVILITY IN THE RELATIONS OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACES, WEIGHTS, NATIONAL ORIGINS,  ETHNIC  GROUPS,  RELIGIONS, RELIGIOUS  PRACTICES, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ABILITIES, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, GENDERS, AND SEXES.


3. He voted to allow gay "couples" to adopt children (read the memo for this bill to see that gay couples were the intent)

4. He voted to ban therapy to help a minor overcome unwanted homosexual desires a practice that was supported by almost 200 rabbanim

also in the beginning of this bill is states
Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
 a. Being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender is not a disease, disorder, illness, deficiency, or shortcoming. The major professional associations of mental health practitioners and researchers in the United States have recognized this fact for nearly 40 years.

5. he voted to extend same sex "marriage" to estates, powers and trusts law. (which in essence is a defacto vote for same sex "marriage")

6. He voted specifically to give a tax exemption to a gay organization

7. He voted in favor to the constitutional amendment to allow casinos that many rabbanim urged everyone to vote against after it passed and it when before the state for a vote last year.

8. He voted for Coumo's Abortion Bill (otherwise known as the women's "equality" act)

9. He voted for Sonda the sexual orientation non discrimination act (add gays to the states non discrimination act which allows religious people to get sued for not renting a hall out for a same "sex "wedding"

10.He voted to force insurance companies to provide service for domestic partners (which is basically a civil union originally specifically designed for gays)


since 10 is a nice round number I'll stop here.

He also has a few terrible votes that were done in committee (allowing 21 year old to be tried as a child, stalling a bill that would have convicted molesters government supervision after they get out of jail etc.), or by hostile amendment (tax payer funded abortions) that I would add but since there is no internet record (I have the proof of these votes in case anyone wants them) I'll "excuse" Lefkowitz for not knowing about them.




Vote for this coming Tuesday for Ben Akselrod who has promised publicly he will sponsor a bill to repeal same sex "marriage", and will vote against all anti Torah bills!

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Michael Simanowitz, And Phillip Goldfeder Vote To Ban Therapists From Helping People Overcome Homosexual Desires

NY Assembly bans gay conversion therapy for kids

on June 16, 2014 at 5:59 PM, updated June 16, 2014 at 6:11 PM
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  -- New York's Assembly has passed a ban against health professionals trying to change a child's sexual orientation through therapy.
Why The APA Says repetitive Therapy is harmful
On Monday the Democratic-led Assembly passed the ban 86 to 28. It would prohibit licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health practitioners and physicians from using conversion therapy on anyone under 18 remember many molestation victims go on to develop attraction for members of he same sex, so this bill is pro sexual molestation. Clergy would not be included.
 The American Psychological Association says there is no evidence so-called gay conversion therapy can change someone's sexual orientation . However the former head of the APA Nicholas Cummings, who is led the fight to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness, has admitted gays can change! 
(The New American)

Bans against gay conversion therapy have already gone into law in New Jersey and California. A proposed ban was voted down in Illinois in April.

Opponents of the ban say that it may infringe on a person's freedom of speech. (read this to understand why they also don't say freedom of religion rather only use free speech)

The bill has been sent to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. and BH didn't get voted on before the session ended
(AP)
This is from the opening statement of the bill that the "Orthodox" Michael Simanowitz, Phillip Goldfeder, David Weprin, and Shelly Silver were maskim to by voting for this bill.
 a.  Being  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual  or  transgender is not a disease, disorder, illness, deficiency, or shortcoming.  The  major  professional associations  of  mental  health  practitioners  and  researchers in the United States have recognized this fact for nearly 40 years. (bill)

Remember that many rabbanim (from all circles) stated there was a chiyuv for those who have a teivah for mishkav zachar to go for therapy to get help


Listen to Rav Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik on the possibility of changing homosexual inclination, and his strong opposition, to the liberal view of a therapists role in dealing with homosexuality.



Mordechai Levovitz (YMS) who wants to ban this describes something that is clearly not harmful

“Then modern Orthodox high schools were sending their kids to a conversion therapy program. The school psychologist would try to change them from being gay to straight. Their methods included having the kid repeating the verse in the Bible over and over again for 45 minutes. Looking at pictures of AIDS victims and colorectal cancer victims and say ‘this is what comes of homosexual sex.’ Kids were being "traumatized". We haven’t heard that lately. Now the complaints kids have is that they don’t hear anybody from the administration using the word ‘gay’, and worry about what would happen if they come out. "Orthodox" high schools are starting to think proactively about it,” says Levovitz. “We’re heading in the "right" direction.”
(Haaretz)



For the remainder of this post all those politicians who acted problematically that have a decent sized Orthodox population in their district will be highlighted yellow, those that have a sizable Orthodox community will be highlighted green
"Orthodox" politicians will be highlighted blue.


SPONSOR Glick

(MS) COSPNSR Titone, Jaffee, O'Donnell, Barrett, Roberts, Skoufis, Zebrowski, Schimel, Rosenthal, Kavanagh, Bronson, Mosley, Brindisi, Paulin, Cahill, Lifton, Ortiz, Magnarelli, Davila, Weprin, Dinowitz, Moya, Peoples-Stokes, Titus

 MLTSPNSR Arroyo, Braunstein, Brennan, Buchwald, Cook, Hevesi, Lavine, Millman, Ryan, Sepulveda, Skartados, Stirpe, Thiele




A06983 Votes:

AbbateYCorwinNOGlickYLavineYNolanYRozicYTitusY
AbinantYCrespoYGoldfederYLentolYOaksNORussellYWalterY
ArroyoYCrouchYGoodellNOLiftonYO'DonneYRyanYWeinsteinY
AubryYCurranYGottfriYLopezNOOrtizERSaladinERWeisenbER
BarclayYCusickYGrafNOLupardoYOtisYSantabaYWeprinY
BarrettYCymbrowitzYGuntherYLupinacYPalmesaNOScarborYWrightY
BenedetYDavilaYHawleyNOMageeYPalumboNOSchimelYZebrowskiY
BlankenNODenDekkYHeastieYMagnareYPaulinYSchimmiNOMr SpkrY
BorelliYDinowitzYHennessYMalliotYPeoplesYSepulveY

BraunstYDiPietrNOHevesiYMarkeyYPerryYSimanowitzY

BrennanYDupreyYHikindNOMayerYPichardYSimotasY

BrindisYEnglebrYHooperYMcDonalYPretlowYSkartadY

BronsonYFahyYJacobsYMcDonouNOQuartYSkoufisY

Brook-KYFarrellYJaffeeYMcKevitNORaNOSolagesY

BuchwalYFinchYJohnsNOMcLaughNORaiaNOStecNO

ButlerERFitzpatNOKatzNOMillerYRamosYSteckY

CahillYFriendNOKavanagYMillmanYRiveraYStirpeY

CamaraYGalefYKearnsNOMontesaYRobertsYSweeneyY

CerettoNOGanttYKellnerABMorelleYRobinsoYTediscoNO

ClarkYGarbariYKimYMosleyYRodriguYTenneyER

ColtonYGiglioNOKolbNOMoyaYRosaYThieleY

CookYGjonajYLalorERNojayNORosenthYTitoneY



listen to Rav Yoshe Ber's complete statement!


 
The Senate sponsors of the bill 
SPONSOR    HOYLMAN

COSPNSR    GIANARIS, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GIPSON,
                       HASSELL-THOMPSON, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LATIMER, MARTINS, MONTGOMERY,
                      O'BRIEN, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SAVINO, SERRANO, SQUADRON,
                      STAVISKY, TKACZYK, VALESKY