LGBT Discrimination and the Promise of Tikkun Olam

[Felix]

Huffington Post
Warren J. Blumenfeld
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-j-blumenfeld/the-promise-of-tikkun-ola_b_1183985.html

Though I was certainly not surprised, I was saddened when recently I read a statement on marriage for same-sex couples issued by a wing of Orthodox Judaism and signed by over 100 Orthodox rabbis reaffirming its position laid out in July 2010 on marriage for same-sex couples. That 2010 document, the "Statement of Principles on the Place of Jews with a Homosexual Orientation in Our Community," asserted that though "All human beings are created in the image of G-d and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect (kevod habeniyot) ... Halakhic (legal) Judaism views all male and female same-sex sexual interactions as prohibited ... [and] cannot give its blessing and imprimatur to Jewish religious same-sex commitment ceremonies and weddings, and halakhic values proscribe individuals and communities from encouraging practices that grant religious legitimacy to gay marriage and couplehood."

[Beth Andrea]

Isn't Orthodox the conservative branch of Judaism?

[Shana A]

Isn't Orthodox the conservative branch of Judaism?

Yes, very conservative. In Reform Judaism, rabbi's are permitted to perform same sex marriages. For that matter, rabbi's can themselves be LGBTIQ.

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