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Dec. 8th, 2006 01:35 pmSome days, I really love my people. The (Conservative) Rabinnical Assembly has just decided to allow the ordination of gay rabbis and the celebration of same-sex "commitment ceremonies." Maybe. It really depends on how you define the word "decision." As the New York Times puts it:
...in a reflection of the divisions in the movement, the 25 rabbis on the law committee passed three conflicting legal opinions — one in favor of gay rabbis and unions, and two against. In doing so, the committee left it up to individual synagogues to decide whether to accept or reject gay rabbis and commitment ceremonies, saying that either course is justified according to Jewish law.
Either course is justified according to Jewish law! That's hysterical! That's so typical of the Conservative movement! What makes this especially good is that it's taken the committe something like fifteen years to produce this ruling, and in the end all they can manage is "Maybe. If you want."
...in a reflection of the divisions in the movement, the 25 rabbis on the law committee passed three conflicting legal opinions — one in favor of gay rabbis and unions, and two against. In doing so, the committee left it up to individual synagogues to decide whether to accept or reject gay rabbis and commitment ceremonies, saying that either course is justified according to Jewish law.
Either course is justified according to Jewish law! That's hysterical! That's so typical of the Conservative movement! What makes this especially good is that it's taken the committe something like fifteen years to produce this ruling, and in the end all they can manage is "Maybe. If you want."
