Conservative rabbis open doors to gays, sort of
Ben Harris
December 5, 2006
With the endorsement Wednesday of three conflicting teshuvot, or halachic responsa, by the movement\’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards — two upholding the longstanding ban on homosexuality and one permitting ordination of gay rabbis and commitment ceremonies — it\’s likely that other rabbis will now begin performing such ceremonies, comfortable in the knowledge that they enjoy halachic sanction from the movement\’s highest legal body.
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