Another point: Ivanka and Jared are attending a Chabad synagogue in DC. Whoa!
I read Orthodox Judaism will be the majority in Israel by 2030, which is why these ignoramuses are trying to convince themselves that Orthodox Judaism is going to reject the Torah and accept homosexuality any minute now.
https://www.thejc.com/judaism/features/was-the-chief-rabbi-right-to-speak-on-gay-marriage-1.34487
...It is true that the 613 commandments of the Torah are binding only on Jews. But according to Orthodox tradition, there are also universal standards of morality to which the righteous of all nations should subscribe. The rabbis termed these the seven Noahide laws, which variously proscribe murder, blasphemy, sexual immorality etc...
... When it comes to forbidden sexual relationships, some rabbis count all those listed in Leviticus 18, the arayot, which include incest, adultery, bestiality and male homosexual intercourse...
... “There are 30 commandments the sons of Noah took on themselves but they observe three of them” (the 30 are presumably specific commandments that fall under the more general heading of the seven).
One of the three observed by non-Jews is that “they do not draw up a ketubah [marriage contract] for males” (Chullin 92a); in other words, they do not legitimise same-sex unions...
I don’t think there’s supposed to be anything said that sheds a negative light on Ivanka, either directly or indirectly.
Because, well, she’s Ivanka.
The Bible documents talk about this subject back thousands of years.
It still hasn’t become a sinless enterprise.
A decaying society, doesn’t change God’s view of things.
Can you read this article? I got this in a link and can read it, but when I click the article link, it says subscribe. I tried to copy the page to post it (you can tell me if that’s alright), but when I double click, no screens come up. I Binged for an answering link, but nothing.
The Heblews - they walk among them.
It all begins with the compromising acceptance of a false premise:
There is no such thing as homosexuality; it is homoeroticism.
Sexuality must be inherently functional; that is where it begins. (Forget the Bible if you like; see real science on Sexual Reproduction.)
There is no functional form of sexuality that can occur between two persons of the same sex.
Homoeroticism is a narcissistic fetish that happens to focus on another person rather than an inanimate object.
I pity such persons, but they cannot make me call a pig a cow.
I’m an Orthodox Jew. Haaretz writers would no doubt call me “Ultra Orthodox”. I can tell you the article is (shockingly) absurd. First of all, there is no brave new world of homosexual acceptance and understanding emerging among Ultra Orthodox Jews. Jews who follow the Torah have only one opinion about it: it’s wrong. Period. Full Stop. Second, they make it sound as if the topic of homosexuality itself is some kind of scary topic that Orthodox Jews never talk about. Wrong. It is not discussed in the same way that the permissive popular/secular culture does: we don’t talk about individuals; we talk about issues. Gay marriage, like homosexuality, is wrong. Gay synagogues are wrong. Any measure of compromise with the Torah outlook on homosexuality is wrong.
Like every other aspect of human behavior, homosexuality is addressed in a candid and sober fashion in the Talmud and other works on Jewish law. There isn’t a whole lot to say about it, since the Torah perspective is fairly straightforward (pun intended).
It is also important to dispel any notion that Orthodox Jews eagerly wish gays were put to death as prescribed in the Torah. There is no judicial authority with the power to impose such a penalty and the actual procedure (like all capital cases in Jewish law) has so many protections in favor of a defendant that the penalty would almost be impossible to carry out. Moreover, the correct attitude of Orthodox Jews is that they would rather see people change their ways than suffer punishments.