Two of the many faces of Judaism, convervative Jewish wedding rituals and an ultra-orthodox wedding.
Conservative rabbinic group issues guidelines for same-sex wedding rituals
By Ben Sales · June 4, 2012Rabbi Avram Reisner, who along with Rabbis Elliot Dorff and Daniel Nevins, wrote the new Conservative guidelines for same-sex wedding rituals (Cong. Chevrei Tzedek)
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Conservative movement — affirming that same-sex marriages have “the same sense of holiness and joy as that expressed in heterosexual marriages” — last week established rituals for same-sex wedding ceremonies.
The landmark vote by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly follows a 2006 ruling by the committee “favor[ing] the establishment of committed and loving relationships for gay and lesbian Jews.”
But the 2006 responsum declined to specify rituals for establishing gay and lesbian relationships, calling them “complicated and controversial questions that deserve a separate study.”
Last week’s position paper, which was adopted by a vote of 13-0, with one abstention, fills that void by outlining two possible marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples.
The paper’s authors, Rabbis Elliot Dorff, Daniel Nevins and Avram Reisner, also wrote a 2006 responsum titled “Homosexuality, Human Dignity and Halakhah,” which declared gays eligible for rabbinic ordination.
“This is the next step in the process of bringing about the full inclusion of LGBT Jews,” said Rabbi Aaron Weininger, using the acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. “Visibility of LGBT people as individuals and couples makes us stronger as a Jewish community.” Read More:
The most wild Chabad Lubavitch Wedding. An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding. The wedding took place in Brooklyn, NY on May 26, 2005.
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