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In a closed-door meeting this week in an undisclosed site near Baltimore, a committee of Jewish legal experts who set policy for Conservative Judaism will consider whether to lift their movement's ban on gay rabbis and same-sex unions.
The ban on homosexuality is based on Leviticus 18:22, which says, "Do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination," and a similar verse in Leviticus 20:13. The law committee now has four legal opinions on the table. Although the reasoning in each is different and complex, two opinions essentially oppose any change to the current law disapproving of homosexuality, and one advocates overturning the law.
The most absurd legal opinion comes from Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, rector and a professor of philosophy at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, who unconvincingly argues that the passages in Leviticus refer only to a prohibition on anal sex.
Is he suggesting that gays can be right with God, only if they are lousy in bed and don't put out? Let's take it a step further and say that gay couples can have sex, but only while standing up, to avoid lying with another man. We'll call this the "Glory Hole Legal Opinion."
I am thrilled that the Conservative branch of Judaism is discussing this issue. But please spare us the dumb and insulting opinions and enter the 21st Century sometime in the near future.
8 Comments:
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posted by Kurt W, at
3/07/2006 3:32 PM
You just aren't too into dissenting viewpoints, are you, Wayne?
posted by Kurt W, at
3/07/2006 3:47 PM
No, Kurt, it is that you have become a groupie and you are not nearly hot enough to be one. Seriously, the quickness of your responses are discconcerting and creepy.
New Rule: You can't be the first person to post. You are like the annoying kid in class that raises his hand first for every question. I will not tolerate having a Horseshack (Welcome Back Kotter) in this classroom. Have some respect and let other people post first.
Finally, Kurt, when you are ready to come out of your walk-in closet, I am here to help you.
posted by Wayne Besen, at
3/07/2006 3:56 PM
Well, if you removed Kurt's idiotic comments, I just need to thank you and support your decision, Wayne.
They (you know, the "conservatives") have their own outlets to rant and rave about what they (not GOD) consider inapropriate, so, Kurt, you should go to sites that are more for you aand leave the rest of us in peace.
posted by Anonymous, at
3/07/2006 6:16 PM
Kurt is either home all day on a psychiatric disability and does nothing but stare at this website or he gets paid by some christofascist organization to spew is ignorant poison here. Sorry ducks, but you will not change, alter, convince, convert, persuade or recruit ANY of us to your miserable life-style and belief system. I'd rather open a vein with a rusty nail than be one of you!! Bitchard Queer
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