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Contents:

• ROMANIAN ORTHODOX 'PRITS' STRIP OFF FOR GAY LENDAR THEY SAY WILL BRG 'HOPE, JOY AND FORT'
• RACY ORTHODOX CALENDAR PH GAY RIGHTS AHEAD OF RSIAN OLYMPICS
• FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI TO PRENT ANNUAL WALL LECTURE ON MARCH 22
• ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS WHO STRONGLY FAVOR OR FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE
• ORDAG GAYS AND LBIANS: DENOMATNAL APPROACH
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

ROMANIAN ORTHODOX 'PRITS' STRIP OFF FOR GAY LENDAR THEY SAY WILL BRG 'HOPE, JOY AND FORT'

It’s Like Disapprovg of RaA gay woman wr about enunterg — and unterg — homophobia at the Shabbos table, along wh her journey to embrace herself, and her sire to have a nice, tradnal Jewish fay…wh another nice Jewish girl by her si. Another Jewish Kid Wh Gay ParentsStarted by a teenager livg a morn orthodox muny wh a married lbian mom and a straight dad who created the se wh the hope that teenagers wh any variatn of the gay parent/relig upbrgg batn would fd and nnect. Started by a teenager livg a morn orthodox muny wh a married lbian mom and a straight dad who created the se wh the hope that teenagers wh any variatn of the gay parent/relig upbrgg batn would fd and nnect.

A gay woman wr about enunterg — and unterg — homophobia at the Shabbos table, along wh her journey to embrace herself, and her sire to have a nice, tradnal Jewish fay…wh another nice Jewish girl by her si.

RACY ORTHODOX CALENDAR PH GAY RIGHTS AHEAD OF RSIAN OLYMPICS

Romanian Orthodox 2014 lendar creators say pays tribute to gay marriageShots clu nu mols readg bible and posg on bed clutchg some rosary beads Updated: 07:53 BST, 8 January 2014 Advertisement A new lendar created by Romanian Orthodox Christians featurg mcular male mols steamy pos has been men behd the Romanian Orthodox 2014 lendar say pays tribute to gay marriage, which, they say, 'is the news all around the world and very timely'. The mols are gay-iendly members 'of the Orthodox Church' who have chosen to strip down for the sexy shoot 'bee they believe - like - eedom of speech, tolerance, equaly and human rights. The men behd the Romanian Orthodox 2014 lendar say pays tribute to gay marriage, which, they say, 'is the news all around the world and very timely' 'A great gift for people who like illtratns, artwork, artistic photography, and ntroversial art their r, ' say the makers of the lendar The creative group was tablished 2012 and is the brachild of a group posed mostly of Orthodox eastern Europeans of the former munist regn Wrg on their webse they say their primary goal is to 'monstrate that Orthodox believers do not all f the backward, hibound stereotype portrayed the prs but rather are regular people wh passns, preferenc, terts and sir.

'At the same time, the lendar tak an ironic approach to the Orthodox Church self, which recent years has baeen embroiled rptn sndals, artist reprsn, gay sex ver-ups, outrageo behavr and homophobia, ' they add. Wh bold lors, homoerotic unrton, OC’s artwork has drawn parisons to Amerin photographer David LaChapelle and French artists Pierre & ssns and stg took place the predomantly Orthodox area of Eastern Europe. "OC's creative team hails om Romania, but the project is aimed at all untri which the Orthodox Church is prent pecially Rsia, where Patriarch Kirill scribed the legalizatn of gay marriage as a "dangero, apolyptic sign.

FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI TO PRENT ANNUAL WALL LECTURE ON MARCH 22

In a provotive stunt to remd believers that homosexualy is not a adly s, a gay rights group has published a lendar featurg almost-naked "Orthodox Christian prits, " posg an alleged Mosw regn church. Photo urty of Tienne/(RNS) On the eve of the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, Rsia, a group of Eastern Orthodox Christians is prottg Rsia’s anti-gay laws a lendar featurg nghty nu drawgs of gay men. Orthodox Calendar, sold primarily onle, featur lorful illtratns of gay men eye-tchg stum — thk tut and a Capta Ameri pe — and provotive pos and settgs that sometim clu cross and ccifix.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS WHO STRONGLY FAVOR OR FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE

While there have been other llectns of relig p-up men — thk manly Mormon missnari, nice Jewish boys to brg home to Mom, even “Roman beefke” Catholic prits — the Orthodox Calendar aims to make a polil pot agast the Orthodox church that the creators say are plic tryg to keep gays and lbians the closet. For example, the Greek Orthodox Archdce lists homosexualy bi fornitn, adultery, abortn and abive sexual behavr as “immoral and appropriate forms of behavr and of themselv, and also bee they attack the stutn of marriage and the fay. A repentant, stgglg homosexual who reas om homosexual acts n be received to the church after the ual urse of stctn, but he or she would do bt to keep this matter the nfsnal, jt as is mon wh every other s.

ORDAG GAYS AND LBIANS: DENOMATNAL APPROACH

"The Orthodox Calendar team, he add, is "still the only anized global effort agast homophobia the Orthodox regn" and as such, anizers and mols "are more enthiastic than ever to work on this new seri illtratg the ancient ss fotten by a clg church obssed wh monizg" the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) the first time, the lendar is available both a "classic" and "uncensored" versn, while a "Makg Of" DVD is also on the way. Few social issu facg the Orthodox Jewish muny are as emotnally charged as that of the place of homosexuals, pecially the gnawg qutn of the place of homosexual upl and fai the synagogue and larger muny. The Declaratn further argu that homosexualy mt be both psychologil and curable, sce God uld not be so cel as to create people wh homosexual urg and make forbidn to act upon them – a theologilly dub argument to say the least.

Although urg unrstandg towards the non-celibate, the Statement suggts that if the homosexual Jews are open about their liftyle – and the Statement affirms their right to be open about this – would be the prerogative of an Orthodox synagogue or muny not to accept them or give them any honors. Ever sce I cled to sign the Statement – a document whose purpose I am strongly sympathetic wh and which was crafted and signed by many close iends and mentors – I have given much thought to the Orthodox world’s relatnship to homosexual Jews, sexually active and celibate alike, and what needs to be “stated” or “clared” about them. For homosexual Jews wishg to live an Orthodox Jewish life and tegrate to the Orthodox muny, much empathy on the part of the heterosexual Orthodox muny is required, pecially om the rabbis.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Norman Lamm the 1974 Encyclopedia Judai Yearbook and I believe that this prciple should serve as a basis for formulatg an Open Orthodox rponse to the many challeng of acceptg and tegratg homosexuals to our muny. Psychologilly, gay Orthodox Jews are faced wh one of two optns: eher be sexually active and agment this transgrsn om their nsc mds, or be celibate and live wh the knowledge that they will never experience a real timate relatnship. I believe we mt e to terms wh the fact that, the long n, Orthodox homosexual Jews really have no choice but to allow themselv to fulfill the tense sire for emotnal and physil timacy the only way open to them.

I would further suggt, if only for nsiratns of social policy and muny health, that we enurage exclivy and the formg of a lovg and lastg relatnship-bond as the optimal liftyle for gay Orthodox Jews who feel they are ons and nnot be celibate (and this is the vast majory). Certaly, if any homosexual Jewish man or woman feels that he or she wish to follow the halakha and be celibate and looks to the rabbi for enuragement, the rabbi should give this person all the enuragement he or she needs.

Early his reer, he served as a senr tor for the Natnal Jewish Center for Learng and Learship (CLAL), a thk tank and trag stute where he worked as an tor, curriculum wrer, lecturer and nsultant on wi variety of cuttg-edge projects on the ethics, environment, social jtice and munal is the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi and a founr of the Jesalem Open Hoe, the Holy Cy’s LGBT muny center. In 2001, Greenberg appeared the documentary, Tremblg Before G-d, and joed wh the filmmaker to create a worldwi outreach project nductg more than 500 post-screeng muny dialogu all over the 2004 he fished a long project, a book entled, Wrtlg wh God and Men: Homosexualy the Jewish Tradn, which explor biblil, rabbic, medieval and ntemporary Jewish rpons to same-sex relatnships. As social attus toward lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) people have unrgone a sea change globally, stanc taken by Jewish lears and movements have changed along wh, same-sex marriag are regnized by the Reform, Conservative, Renewal and Renstctnist movements, and each movement’s rabbil semary ordas LGBTQ stunts.