It would make it harder, I think. Are you talking like Ortho/Christian relationships (Or Ortho/Muslim, whatev) or like Ortho/non-Ortho Jewish?

Did you see the bit on the same show where Nora Roberts called Anna Karenina a wimp and Buffy the Vampire Slayer a real kick ass character?

Now that's worth channelsurfing onto.

finding someone you're (one is) compatible with is hard enough, without having to find that person in your own community

I can't imagine. I mean, I guess you narrow down where you go to meet people, but there just aren't that many people left as a result.

the other I had a third date with last night.

Oh, yay!

it's gotta be hard to be an Orthodox lesbian? Can you imagine how small THAT community is?

There is a small community of Orthodox lesbians and homosexuals. Not Conservative or Reform, but Orthodox. With lesbians, it's a bit easier, because it's not directly forbidden in the Torah, but it doesn't really affect the end result. There was a documentary made on these communities a couple of years ago that I got to watch. It's horrible. Being torn by two things that define you so strongly, your religious belief and your sexual orientation. And that's even before talking about the way the families, communities etc. are treating this.

Ortho/non-Ortho Jewish

These are the ones that I know. Any other religions here are automatically conncted with the political situation, what with the people who practice them being mostly Arab-Israeli or Palestinian, and that's way more complicated, and therefore even rarer (is that a word? "more rare"?).

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I mean, I guess you narrow down where you go to meet people, but there just aren't that many people left as a result

I can't think that "meeting the person" is up to statistics alone. If it were, what were the cnaces of anyone, including the already-married and in-love people I know, to meet anybody that's right for them? It's a little bit of magic every time it works, in my opinion. Otherwise it defies any rule of numbers that I can grasp.]

Damn, it's gotta be hard to be an Orthodox lesbian? Can you imagine how small THAT community is?

Heh. There's a movie (documentary) out there about Orthodox gays...(edit: I expect it's the same one Nilly is talking about!--Trembling Before G-d?)

finding someone you're (one is) compatible with is hard enough, without having to find that person in your own community

Sigh. Amen. Not that there aren't plenty of fabulous lesbians out there, but sometimes, man...

(more rare.)

Ugh. It hurts my head to think about having to deal with the fucking POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS of falling in love.

I'ma gonna have to bitch-slap the world again, aren't I?

I went out to get coffee this morning.

It's still coming down really hard. HOORAY FOR DEATHSNOW!

I heard the thunder this morning and didn't belive it. Dude.

So, do I bundle up and try and see a matinee? Or do I get some take out and watch olympic coverage?

Jessica, I got a "Bad Link" message.

Snow has stopped in DC.

Trudy, I would probably have responded to the snow like the little kids. Also, completely without connection, you were in my thoughts a lot last week, what with all the family hardships. You're back home now, right?

meara, I guess we're talking about the same documentary.

How come it's "more rare"? Is it because "rarer" looks like somebody didn't know what letters to use and just put "r"s in all the places they could think of?

Hil! Congratulations on the internship!

Thanks!

I'm fairly certain that "rarer" is OK.