Those people who give up so much of their time for our children at least deserve the opportunity to dialogue with us on this issue before we turn our backs on them. Let me conclude by saying that I realize that a Shabbat sermon only reaches a limited number of our congregants. Yet I feel that this issue is an important one, which should be addressed by all of our congregants. By doing so, I hope to open a positive and fruitful dialogue among us. I pray that those who are most directly touched by this issue will seek me out so that we can explore the alternatives together.
Controversy is only meaningful if out of it something finer is born.
May it be so in this case.