Daniela, for sure, if it’s actually the halacha, then we shouldn’t be embarrassed about it. But if this is the basic halacha that everyone accepts, as you claim, then why don’t we see kohanim in plastic suits all the time? I’m sure there are cemeteries within a short distance of some U.S. airports.
Hmmm, so you’d advise anyone with skeptical or uncomfortable initial reactions to what you consider to be the halacha to abandon Orthodoxy altogether? Or you’d rather see someone abandon Orthodoxy than disagree with you about whether a single halachic interpretation is unnecessarily strict or not? That doesn’t strike me as a good approach.