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."

Isn't Orthodox the conservative branch of Judaism?

Quote from: Beth Andrea on January 15, 2012, 12:41:45 AM
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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