Three weeks ago at the epi-centre of Jewish history, the Wailing Wall, four women were unceremoniously evicted.
Like thousands of others they had arrived to pray but were quickly ushered away by Israeli police.
This holy place is strictly for men and their precinct had been invaded by four of the female gender.
Matter less that the women had arrived to engage in prayer, the Rabbis got their ringlets in a twist and called the cops.
They will get into even further knots in coming days. A Jewish high court has ruled that, in the interest of equal rights, the Wailing Wall must be open to both genders.
Concerning the Temple (of which the Wall is the last remnant) Jesus said "It was a House of Prayer for all people."
It has taken a long time for the message to get home but maybe a secular court will succeed, where many others have failed, in bringing the words of Christ to pass.
Maybe.
Ian
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