I'm gonna have to disgree witht he author here.

First, lets qulaify what you mean when you speak of Seders. This phenomenon of seders reworked for political causes is a decidedly reformed, reconstructionst and possibly conservative issue. The orthodow and very conservative have essentiallly different versions of a traditional haggadah. The readings may differ a bit in style, but not substance.

As for the danger of diluting the holiday, I think you need to acknowledge that Passover, as compared to other Jewish holidays is a whole different kettle of gefilte fish.

It is in every sense of the word, a family holiday, where proper ritual celebration takes place inside the home without a rabbi or cantor or need for a minyan. We are given a structure, a template if you will, that is a mixture of direct commandments and rituals that have evolved over time. The Seder plate, the afikomen, charoset and other rituals are not a matter of biblical mandate, but rather traditions dreamed up by our ancestors as meaningful ways to commemorate the Exodus.

Is it any surprise then that we continue to adapt and change the seder to reflect what we want it to. The structure, the traditions are all there, but in each generation we make it our own.

Finally, as for your bizarre suggestion that Jews intermarrying with different haggadah Jews may have issues, I call bs.

I have been to many seders and we have invited many non-jews to our seders. Everyone recognizes them for what they are: personal celebrations of a common tradition. Besides, what kind of Jewish event would it be if there weren't more than a dozen opinions about everything.

As a side note, Iam also trying to get a Monty Python Seder together in which we read the Monty Python haggadah. Anyone in Northern NJ interested?

No kidding about the intermarrying thing. As though ashkenazi and sefardi passover customs haven't been surviving 'intermarriage' for generations.