December 7, 2006
IS THERE A NEWER TESTAMENT?:
Conservative Panel Votes To Permit Gay Rabbis: Four Committee Members Resign To Protest Decision (Rebecca Spence, Dec 06, 2006, The Forward)
In a historic vote, leaders of Conservative Judaism on Wednesday approved a rabbinic opinion allowing ordination of gay and lesbian rabbis and sanctioning same-sex unions.The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards — the 25-member lawmaking body of the Conservative movement — opted to follow the rabbinic tradition of approving separate, mutually contradictory opinions, each of which is now sanctioned as normative Conservative practice. Of the three papers approved, the most permissive, authored by Rabbi Elliot Dorff, opens the door for gay rabbis and same-sex unions, but retains certain biblical bans on homosexual activity.
Sure, it's disgusting, but.... Posted by Orrin Judd at December 7, 2006 2:22 PM
Quite apart from the "ick!" factor, if you have three "separate, mutually contradictory opinions, each of which is now sanctioned as normative Conservative practice", that's a pretty clear indicator that your denomination is deeply messed up, at least doctrinally.
Posted by: Mike Morley at December 7, 2006 2:41 PMHow do they certify that they really are "gay", anyhow? And how can you be "gay" if you adhere to "certain biblical bans on homosexual activity"? Isn't being "gay" without actually doing anything "gay" a little bit, as some say, "gay"?
The Feygele edition?
Posted by: Rick T. at December 7, 2006 4:02 PMRaoul: Thanks for the quotation marks: they really do belong there.
Posted by: Lou Gots at December 7, 2006 8:16 PM