Opposing gay marriage is opposing love
Jewish Journal
July 17, 2013
One comes to understand many things after 97 years of life. Here’s one: Sex may fade, but love … that’s forever.
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Jewish embrace of LGBT people recognizes the dignity of all
Rabbi David Wolpe
June 28, 2013
Attitudes toward same sex marriage in Judaism have undergone a dramatic change in the last quarter century. The prohibition recorded in Leviticus 18 has been affirmed by some, negated by others and reinterpreted by still others. Did the Torah intend loving same sex relationships? Did it understand homosexuality as a fundamental orientation rather than a choice?
West Hollywood rally celebrates same-sex marriage ruling
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2013
Thousands of people came to West Hollywood on June 26 to celebrate expanded rights for the LGBT community.
Jewish groups ride roller-coaster week of Supreme Court rulings
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
A slight bump up on affirmative action, a plunge on voting rights, and on gay marriage, the mountaintop: federal legitimacy.
AJWS president Ruth Messinger applauds Supreme Court ruling on DOMA & Prop 8
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
American Jewish World Service President Ruth Messinger released the following statement today after the Supreme Court ruled in two cases related to marriage equality.
Edgar M. Bronfman: Jewish values dictate protecting gay marriage
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
In the early 1970s, while I was CEO of the Seagram Company, public dialogue about gay rights was largely nonexistent in corporate America. Social discourse had not yet even evolved into the “don’t ask, don’t tell” ethos that dominated the following decades. Homosexuality was simply not discussed and therefore, by implication, was shameful.
L.A. Jewish LGBT community reacts to same-sex marriage decisions
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
Leaders of the area’s Jewish LGBT community rejoiced today after the Supreme Court ruled that part of the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to same-sex couples, was unconstitutional. The court also paved the way for a return of same-sex marriage to California in a separate case by dismissing an appeal to Proposition 8 that banned such marriages.
Los Angeles rabbis respond to Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and Prop 8
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
Today is a true historic day! A moment when you can feel the chains of bondage breaking. The Supreme Court has ruled that DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act is dead.
Opposition continues despite new Boy Scout policy
Jewish Journal
June 19, 2013
In 2001, Temple Israel of Hollywood (TIOH) overwhelmingly decided to end its sponsorship of Cub Scout Pack 1300 to protest the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) policy banning openly gay scouts and leaders. It ended a nearly 50-year tradition of scouting at the Reform congregation.
Thousands attend Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade
Jewish Journal
June 7, 2013
Tens of thousands of people joined in Tel Aviv’s annual Gay Pride Parade, the first after arrests were made in the 2009 double murder at a gay community center.
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