Pew figur show 76% of Jews support legalizg gay marriage, higher than all but the youngt and most liberal of Democrats
Contents:
- US JEWS AMONG THE MOST SUPPORTIVE OF GAY MARRIAGE
- HOW JEWS GAVE AMERI GAY MARRIAGE
- THE HOE PASS A BILL ON GAY MARRIAGE AND RELIG EEDOM. THERE’S HOPE FOR AMERI.
US JEWS AMONG THE MOST SUPPORTIVE OF GAY MARRIAGE
* do jews support gay marriage *
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. It also lled for the velopment of sample ceremoni to be ed as a rource for those rabbis who plan to perform same-sex Jewish Conservative MovementUntil very recently same-sex marriage and other gay and lbian issu met wh ltle nsens the Conservative movement. Two vers Levic (Levic 18:23 and Levic 20:13) exprs unequivol nmnatn of male homosexual sex (although is not clear whether what is referred to is terurse or all sexual acts between men).
”READ: Puttg The Prohibn Agast Homosexualy ContextAs evint by s language, the biblil prohibn do not extend to female homosexual acts, though later mentators disapproved of lbianism.
HOW JEWS GAVE AMERI GAY MARRIAGE
Nohels, the tradnal Jewish posn on homosexualy is still difficult for many liberal-md Jews, and the liberal nomatns have bated the extent to which gays and lbians n be fully tegrated to relig Conservative Halakhah and HomosexualyThe first and least ntroversial step taken by the Conservative, Renstctnist, and Reform movements was to endorse civil equaly for gays and lbians. Th some Jewish thori have argued that sce homosexualy is not chosen, s exprsn nnot be, the Reform movement do not nmn homosexual sex, and openly gay people are eligible for admtance to Reform rabbil schools. In addn, the Reform movement approv of rabbic officiatn at same-sex marriag and mment Denomatnal Approach on Ordag Openly Gay and Lbian RabbisDaniel Siegel, the Rabbic Director of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, has endorsed same-sex marriage specifilly bee he believ that hols should not be limed only to certa people and certa relatnships.
Usg this as her startg pot, Rebec Alpert, a Renstctnist rabbi, has argued that the ernment’s refal to regnize same-sex marriage vlat relig rabbis wh the Conservative movement also ce the ncept of on ( which an dividual has no real choice) permtg homosexual sex.
THE HOE PASS A BILL ON GAY MARRIAGE AND RELIG EEDOM. THERE’S HOPE FOR AMERI.
In December 2006 the Conservative Movement’s Law Commtee voted to accept two ntradictory thuvot (posns) on homosexualy halakhah — one reaffirmg the stat quo, and one affirmg change. The rult of the vote is that rabbis, synagogu, and other Conservative stutns may choose to ntue to not perm mment ceremoni and not hire openly gay or lbian rabbis and ntors, or may choose to do so.