Very interesting. Thank you for this. I was wondering if he was actually in a synagogue when he made those vile statements about gays. Since he was in a synagogue, why wasn't he wearing a yarmulka? I am not a Jew but I wear one whenever a friend invites me to his temple, out of respect. How did those rabbis allow him in without a head covering but excluded all women? Why did Paladino show such disrespect, even though the Pope himself wears one? This is the kind of society the Tea Party wants.

He's a dangerous idiot. Let's just hope enough people realize it like they did with Palin. These are scary times for sure.

We get it!
Apparently it's NOT PC ok for Jews to bar women from a synagogue for whatever reason they had, but you PC dopes fall over yourselves to accomodate muslims who subjugate, beat or kill their women on the justification that their whacko sharia law says it's ok behavior. Noooooo!
Rather than question that this decision may not have been in Paladino's control, you PC commie media drones jump to slam everything on this guy simply because he insults your sodomite 'pets'.
When will you media dopes learn that your mechanications to 'adjust' the public mind-set is well beyond transparent.

If anything, the Tea Party seems to be filled with people with the worst of human behavior. Lying about college degrees earned, bumming off of the system, crazy demented talk - these candidates run the gamut from crazy to just plain wacko. Paladino is the face of the Republican Party. The Republican Party is voting for these racist narrow minded people.

This is the worst journalism I have ever read. A synagogue, in Brooklyn no less, is a very religious establishment. I highly doubt that the reporters had water "poured" on them, and if they did, it was unrelated. They were trying to encourage modesty. Women in wet clothes, are even less modest. It just doesn't add up.
I don't follow politics nor do I even know who Paladino is, but he was not showing any ill will towards women, but rather support of those with religious beliefs and their freedom to maintain a holy sanctuary.
And Jews don't bar women from a synagogue. They try to maintain a modest grounds, where men can focus on their thoughts between themselves and their maker. Women are always welcome, often attend, but are not required by Jewish law to attend since they are considered holier and born at a higher spiritual level. The Jewish religious has the utmost respect for the women that bring life into the world. This is why women also don't wear a head covering- which is not required to enter a synagogue, man, woman, pope, whomever (as a note to those commenting.)
This is one of the most religious neighborhoods outside of Israel. Let the man show some respect, and the reporters themselves should as well. Additionally I must say, as a woman myself, we are not a class that is discriminated against any more. The latest generation of graduates are out earning their male counterparts. And women reporters? If anything its about time it was an advantage to be a man in an industry where big breasts, big hair, and a girlish smile makes you camera and thus news reporter worthy. According to The Boston Globe in March 2009 57% of news anchors nationally were women. Lets cry for those that are truly suffering in the world.
I actually find your article to be a perfect representation of your own ignorance, as well as that of your readers. It is also borderline anti-semitic.

Duh, Don't you ever watch TV? This was news yesterday. And those chuckleheads in the background... creepiest thing I've ever seen.

Stephanie Chait, Orthodox Jews separate men from women when praying. Ultra Orthodox Jews don't let women have anything to do with this kind of thing, and only let them pray far away from men. They aren't anything like the rest of us.

The cure for this problem, if anyone thought about this, was for Paladino's people to ask the President of this congregation if this could be held outside the Synagogue, so that the public could hear and cover it. They probably would have been gracious about it.

"Who will he go after next Puerto Ricans, other Latins,"

I've always wondered how it came to be that guys with names like Cuomo, Paladino, DiMagio, aren't considered 'Latin' or 'Latino' . Aren't they the original 'Latinos'.

MissMarple:
There are extremists in every religion, social group, and belief system. I haven't heard of any Jews who make the women pray from "far away" (some are on a balcony above), but I can imagine it is possible in certain areas of Jerusalem. Reform and conservative synagogues have men and women praying together. Orthodox seperate the men and women by a divider, which lets each gender focus on their prayers, and pray while less inhibited. They manage to take note of something not so shocking: straight men, by nature, have a physical attraction to women, and sometimes, it is distracting.
I like your comment though, it would have been a much better idea to hold it outside the synagogue. If he wanted to show support to the Jewish community, a community center would have sufficed.

Thank you Padre Pete. That is my third year nominated. Never a winner though, thanks to Natalie Portman and Bar Rafaeli. I feel this year will be my year.

Carl fit right in with those religious extremists.

Religion: The last safe bastion for misogynists everywhere. And they're tax exempt for it, too.