REMARKS
Council member addresses previous testimony and clarifies stance on defining beliefs
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz responds to previous testimony, emphasizing the committee's policy of not defining or judging others' religious beliefs. He stresses the importance of respecting diverse perspectives within religious groups.
- Dinowitz expresses reluctance to respond to public testimony but feels compelled in this instance
- He clarifies that the committee does not take a stand on defining individual or group beliefs
Eric Dinowitz
4:48:37
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4:48:37
Thank you.
4:48:41
I I I feel, you know, we're not going back and forth with okay.
4:48:49
I I do feel compelled just to respond to if we can have quiet in the chamber, you can speak outside the chamber.
4:48:59
I I I don't typically like to respond to, public testimony.
4:49:08
People could say how they feel.
4:49:10
I I do feel compelled, though, to to say, it's important for me that, you know, I don't get to define what someone else's beliefs look like, what someone else's Judaism or any religion looks like.
4:49:27
And that will be the policy of this committee to take a stand on what one individual group's beliefs are or are not.
4:49:37
And I do wanna just say for clarity that the report itself was commissioned by the governor.
