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In the Examiner article, Vicki Polin of the Awareness Center claims that a man can re-marry without a get. I don't think that is correct. While technically the marriage would be valid, I don't think there is a mainstream Orthodox rabbi that would allow the marriage of man who has not yet given his wife a get. Hasn't she heard of Rabeinu Gershom's ban on polygomy?

Vicki Polin of the Awareness Center is a dangerous person. Please be very careful of what you believe or read of hers. She spreads loshon hara and has her own issues and motives. On my home computer I have a link to a site that exposes her for her true objectives (although most seem noble). I'll post it later.

There is another man in the area who refuses to give his wife a get who has remarried. He also, to the best of my knowledge, no longer considers himself orthodox.

I too am wary of Awarness Center but that is a different point. I read about another Baltimore man,Sam Rosenbloom, who won't give a get either. He owns succah.com so the OU has advised people not to buy things from that site. http://www.ou.org/other/5765/seruv.htm

David#1: You're probably right, most respectable rabbis wouldn't marry a man who was still married. But there are ways to get around this; moving out of town, to Israel, etc. The problem is that there aren't convincing enough metaphysical ramifications for a man ("it's only a de'rabbannan"). For a woman, there are, which makes it more of a personal issue. It's easy for a man to start a new life, and not feel any remorse being with another woman; for a woman, this is impossible.

I think there was an error in what was printed and what Vicki Polin said.

I think if you are a sex offender you should be wary of Vicki Polin and also The Awareness Center.

I think everyone should educate themselves on what The Awareness Center is really about. Stop buying into the rumors read up and decide for yourself.
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