[mikey565]

Another win for the Gay Agenda

[Paleo Conservative]

Surely they can't be serious.

[traderrob6]

In 1992, this same group, the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, declared that Jewish law clearly prohibited commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples and the admission of openly gay people to rabbinical or cantorial schools

So Jewish law emphatically states one thing and then just 14 years later it does not.

[edpc]

In the meeting, they determined the gay rabbis will be referred to as "He-blews."

[pissant]

Kinda like Evangelicals support Global Warming legislation.

[sasafras]

Hmmm...lets change the laws of religion to suit the sinner. I guess if thats the key here then I can only imagine what Judiasm will be in 10 or 20 years. I cant believe that true Jews would seriously be considering this...if they are then they will fall out of favor quickly. They may increase the number of gays in their congregation but all others who read and understand the bible will leave.

[Obadiah]

Heresy! Seeking the approval of men rather than God!

[longtermmemmory]

I can not see this happening but they will use the discussion itself to say this is a legitimate issue for the sexual fetish. "see homosexuality is SO important, conservative rabbis are considering endorsing sexual behavior."

[docbnj]

""There are those who are saying, don't change the halacha because the paradigm model of the heterosexual family has to be maintained," said Rabbi Meyers, a stance he said he shared. "On the other hand is a group within the movement who say, look, we will lose thoughtful younger people if we don't make this change, and the movement will look stodgy and behind the times.""

For "thoughtful younger people," substitute "thoughtless younger people."

Unfortunately, Judaism is just as weak as many other religions when it comes to standing for principle. Jews made up most of the cadre for the early communist movement. Now they seem to be going for radical feminism. What is wrong with those people?

[Always Right]

Since then, Conservative Jewish leaders say, they have watched as relatives, congregation members and even fellow rabbis publicly revealed their homosexuality. Students at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, the movement's flagship, began wearing buttons saying "Ordination Regardless of Orientation."

So if Jewish leaders revealed themselves as thieves, perhaps we should white out some of the 10 Commandments while we are at it.

[goldstategop]

If they violate halacha to be trendy, they estrange themseles from the Jewish people and are no different from the Reform. Jewish law bans homosexual unions and considers homosexual behavior a grave sin. That has not changed in thousands of years. Jews shouldn't change their values to reflect contemporary social mores. If they do, they are pagans instead of being Jews.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[RexBeach]

Oy vey!

One more nail in the olde culture coffin.

OK, so you're a rabbi, and you're gay. What do you call your "partner"?

[svcw]

Conservative Jews to Consider Ending a Ban on Same-Sex Unions and Gay Rabbis

That headline is hysterical. They can not be conservative Jews if they are considering ending ban on same sex unions and gay Rabbis.

[holden]

2 Tim 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires[.]

ears?

HF

[aShepard]

OK,

But, we don't want no stinkin' gay mohels!

[Aquinasfan]

Soon only the Catholic Church will be left, explaining the Left's unbridled hatred of the Church.

[SamuraiScot]

Conservative Jews to Consider Ending a Ban on Same-Sex Unions and Gay Rabbis

A touch deceptive in the headline. The strain of Judaism called Conservative isn't conservative. It's a descendant of Reform Judaism, a 19th-century liberal, no-Hebrew, "anything-goes" movement.

If I recall correctly, rabbis in the "Conservative" movement have been firmly pro-abortion for decades, the "moderate Republicans" of Judaism.

In effect, the NYT is running a shocking headline announcing that Olympia Snowe and Chris Dodd are liberals. I'd say the intended effect is to have us believe that actual conservatives favor poofery.

I'm not an expert, but I'm going to guess that the numbers of practicing Jews in the Orthodox and Hasidic movements blow away both "Conservative" and "Reform" participation.

[Sabramerican]

There was a time not long ago when Conservative Judaism was a very "modern" form of Orthodox Judaism. Well within the perimeter2.

If they are moving toward the worthless Reform they will be just as worthless.

I believe only the Catholics have it right with the concept of "Lapsed".

You either believe or you are lapsed, you don't make up new beliefs from whim.

[quadrant]

I don't understand why anyone would care about losing members who cannot share the beliefs of the faith or why anyone would care about being stodgy and behind the times.

[N. Theknow]

Oy Vey Fey.

[trebb]

And a female Presbyterian "minister"was recently absolve by a margin of 6-1 for performing wedding ceremonies for two lesbian couples - it is apparently not outside her perview as one of their ministers.Any doubts that churches are becoming apostate?