Israel embrac gay tourists – and even hosts a gay Pri – but lags behd when to gay rights
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THIS LE ON GAY JEWS IS QUE ORTHODOX
A divisive issue even wh the gay muny, marriage remas a distant dream for many upl * gay marriage in judaism *
Renstctnist JudaismThe Renstctnist movement exprsed s support for the full cln of gay men and lbians all aspects of Jewish life s 1992 Report of the Renstctnist Commissn on Homosexualy.
The report affirmed the hols of homosexual relatnships and the need to affirm them a Jewish ntext: “As we celebrate the love between heterosexual upl, so too we celebrate the love between gay or lbian Jews. Renstctnist Rabbi Rebec Alpert, thor of Like Bread on the Ser Plate: Jewish Lbians and the Transformatn of Tradn and -thor of Explorg Judaism: A Renstctnist Approach, has argued that the Jewish prciple of enomic jtice mands support for civil gay and lbian marriage, bee the absence of legal benefs for same-genr upl n e them signifint fancial harm. ” The Unn of Amerin Hebrew Congregatns, the ngregatnal arm of the Reform movement, followed su 1997, rolvg to, “support secular efforts to promote legislatn which would provi civil marriage equal opportuny for gay men and lbians.