I owe a deep debt of gratitude to my wife Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz for encouraging me to explore the subject of rabbinic officiation at same-sex commitment ceremonies in greater depth, and from perspectives that I might not have ordinarily. What follows is a variation of a talk she asked me to prepare for a forum at her synagog Temple Adat Shalom of Poway, CA, on Friday evening after services May 24, 1997. We had presumed, given my past involvement with the Gay and Lesbian Community, that I would have to convince myself of the opposing position in order to...