Teh Gayz are taking over the synagogues now too

[desh]

Homosexuals are in.

A follow up to my last post: Three of the 5 papers on the table passed with at least 6 votes, one of which was on the pro-ordination side. This means that Conservative seminaries are now permitted to admit gays and lesbians to their rabbinical and cantorial programs. Starting immediately, UJ will. JTS may follow suit.

Interestingly, all of the 3 papers that passed still forbid anal sex.

(h/t The 'school)

Update 6:46pm EST The Jewish Telegraphic Agency posted a longer article.

Comments

[rivka-m.livejournal.com]

yeah, but when you're ortho, it's a lot easier to go stricter than to go more lenient, so that's the direction they tend to change things.

not that that lenient never happens too, just more rarely (like "prozbul" centuries ago). and because it's harder, it tends to happen in areas that won't make waves.

ex: israeli rabbinate declared that plastic CAN be kashered (apparantly that psak had the express purpose of making things easier on the army)

a friend's response: you can kasher plastic and there are still agunot? that's fucked up!"

so true.