Conservative Stall
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which sets policy for Conservative Judaism, has postponed a long-awaited vote about rescinding their ban on gay rabbis and performing same-sex unions, sending four proposals concerning changes to current Conservative Jewish law back to their authors for revisions while the committee decides whether homosexuality is halachicly permissible, banned, […]
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which sets policy for Conservative Judaism, has postponed a long-awaited vote about rescinding their ban on gay rabbis and performing same-sex unions, sending four proposals concerning changes to current Conservative Jewish law back to their authors for revisions while the committee decides whether homosexuality is halachicly permissible, banned, or, as one middle-ground proposal suggested, okay, so long as no really gay sex is involved.