In October I reported to you that Florida’s Governor, Charlie Crist, had affixed a Mezuzah to his office in the Capitol. Crist, as you may have suspected, is not a member of the tribe. Some of you were in favor of this and some against.
Well, I guess that some of the Jewish members of government in Florida felt funny that the Gentile governor had a Mezuzah on his office and they didn’t. It seems that House Majority leader Adam Hasner (Jewish) called up Chabad’s Rabbi Oirchman and asked him to put up a Mezuzah on his office. Two weeks later the Rabbi got a call from the Minority Leader, Dan Gelber.
I wonder if we will see a day when there will be Mezuzahs on the White House and the Congress?
You can read the original article from Lubavitch.com here.
http://mezuzahstore.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/14/house-majority-minority-mezuzah-florida/
Florida governor Charlie Crist (not Jewish in case you didn’t know) has come under fire for hanging a Mezuzah on the entrance to his capitol office. He received the Mezuzah from his friend state Rep. Adam Hasner (Jewish). Of course the ACLU is not happy about this. I have linked to a few stories about this below.
Hanging of Jewish Symbol in Florida Capitol Sparks Controversy
Mezuzah doesn’t belong on Crist’s office door
Crist defends decision to hang religious symbol on office door
Florida Governor Installs Mezuza on Office Door
Stop the ACLU
So… what do you think? Should the Florida capitol building have a Mezuzah? Post a comment and let us know what you think.