"A Chicago woman has started a petition asking Israeli airline El Al to provide a special seating section for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who do not want to sit next to women. Sharon Shapiro’s petition was posted to Change.org shortly after an El Al flight last week from New York to Israel was delayed for hours when a large group of ultra-Orthodox Jewish followers refused to sit next to women before take off, Shalom Life reported. “One person’s religious rights do not trump another person’s civil rights,” Ms. Shapiro stated. “If El Al Airlines wants to truly accommodate all of its passengers, it will reserve a few rows of separate sex seating on every flight, where for a fee, those passengers who need such seating can pre-book their seats and not annoy or coerce other passengers before take-off to change seats with them — thereby avoiding arguments, bullying, and delayed take-off.” By Thursday the petition had more than 3,100 signatures." Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/2/higher-ground-museum-of-the-bible-headed-for-const/#ixzz3FJhV3D00 Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/2/higher-ground-museum-of-the-bible-headed-for-const/?page=all