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same-sex marriage
Liberal groups condemn religion bill as ‘government-sanctioned discrimination’
Some 22 liberal groups, most of them Jewish, condemned a bill that would protect individuals and nonprofits that oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds from government sanction.
First Jewish same-sex marriage in Latin America held at Argentine synagogue
The first Jewish same-sex wedding ceremony in Latin America was celebrated at a Buenos Aires synagogue.
Rabbis welcome chance to officiate same-sex weddings
In 2012, Rabbi Adam Kligfeld, senior rabbi at Temple Beth Am, married two Orthodox Jews.
U.S. clerk jailed for gay marriage defiance; dispute goes on
A Kentucky county clerk was jailed on Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, and a full day of court hearings failed to put an end to her two-month-old legal fight over a Supreme Court ruling upholding same-sex marriage.
One question for rabbis who perform same-sex weddings
For most supporters of same-sex marriage, the most persuasive, and certainly the most frequently offered, argument on behalf of same-sex marriage has been that homosexuals have no choice, that they could no more choose to be heterosexual than a heterosexual can choose to be a homosexual.
U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Israel and religious hypocrisy
Last week, along with the enlightened world, we celebrated the dramatic ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Orthodox groups brace for consequences of same-sex marriage ruling
The name that keeps coming up when Orthodox Jewish groups consider the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court decision extending same-sex marriage rights to all states has little to do with Jews or gays.
I believe in Torah, halachah and equality
On June 26, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that it is unconstitutional for a state to ban same-sex marriage.