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Tag Archives: same sex marriage
Orthodox Rav Solves The Mystery Of Sexual Identity Formation
Rabbi Kanefsky writes in the Jewish Journal: "I cannot articulate for myself a convincing argument as to why the legal recognition of civil marriage should be withheld from citizens who, by dint of how they were born, are only able … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, R. Yosef Kanefsky, Rabbis
Tagged attractive females, civil marriage, convincing argument, female gender, humberts, Jewish Journal, male sexual organ, orthodox rabbi, same sex marriage, sexual identity
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Redefining Marriage
Rabbi Gil Student blogs: "R. Yair Hoffman explains his opposition to the redefinition of marriage (link). If you ask me, I’d say that we should make civil unions that have all the rights of marriage but not the name, so … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim, Marriage, Torah
Tagged civil unions, fault divorce, gil student, legal partnership, marriage link, same sex marriage, traditional definitions
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How Come None Of The Great Moral Leaders Were For Same-Sex Marriage?
Dennis Prager said on his radio show last week: "If there is no difference between a man marrying a man and a man marrying a woman, then there is no ultimate difference between man and woman. That’s what we’re fighting … Continue reading
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Tagged age of enlightenment, Dennis Prager, gay activism, moral leader, same sex marriage, secular thinkers
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Gay Activists Target Supporters Of Prop 8
This time the Mormon manager (Marjorie Christoffersen) of a restaurant (El Coyote) gets blasted. This approach is sure to win friends and influence people to the gay side. Gay activist Micah reports: Marjorie walked out with (her two daughters?) on … Continue reading
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Tagged gay activist, gay activists, gay side, lambda legal, mormon church, same sex marriage
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I Was Wrong About Rick Warren
I read Rick’s books on The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church. I saw him speak at Sinai Temple in Westwood. I saw his dialogue with Rabbi David Wolpe. I wanted to ask Pastor Warren if he had … Continue reading
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Tagged evangelical churches, purpose driven church, rabbi david wolpe, rick warren, same sex marriage, Sinai Temple
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College Made Her Queer
Dennis Prager writes: Perhaps the most important argument against same-sex marriage is that once society honors same-sex sex as it does man-woman sex, there will inevitably be a major increase in same-sex sex. People do sexually (as in other areas) … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, gender theorist, mcgill student, mcgill university, philosopher judith butler, same sex marriage
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Gay Marriage Gets The Love Treatment From The LA Times
From the blog Get Religion: The Los Angeles Times ran two stories about the California marriage proposition that deal heavily with religion. The first is a puff piece — a pro-same-sex marriage press release, really — about the gay weddings … Continue reading
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Tagged california marriage, melissa huff, pro same sex marriage, puff piece, same sex marriage, supreme court decision
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But Will We Dance At Their Simcha?
I want to see how pluralist my Orthodox friends really are… I love how this story says a Jewish wedding can not take place on the Sabbath. But a wedding on a Sunday between two men? No problemo! From the … Continue reading
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Tagged karen bass, lisa edwards, pico boulevard, prayer shawl, runyon canyon, same sex marriage
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