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homosexual
Jewish group condemns new Ugandan anti-gay law
Ryan Torok
February 24, 2014
After Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a bill assigning a life sentence to some forms of homosexual activity, the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), which has made LGBT rights its foremost issue, swiftly responded.
Gay candidate blazes new trail in Israel mayoral race
Jewish Journal
October 15, 2013
As a candidate to become the Middle East\’s first openly gay mayor, Nitzan Horowitz is hoping his bid to run Israel\’s famously liberal city of Tel Aviv will help homosexuals across a region where they are widely frowned upon.
Obama welcomes Pope Francis’ remarks on gays, abortion
Jewish Journal
October 2, 2013
President Barack Obama on Wednesday welcomed Pope Francis\’ recent remarks that the Catholic Church must shake off an obsession with teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuals, saying the pontiff was showing incredible humility.
Convert: Rico Collins
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2013
Rico Collins, 39, was raised Southern Baptist in Jacksonville, Fla., but could never relate to the messages he heard in church as a boy. “It’s very fire and brimstone,” he said. “I didn’t like it.”
Madrid’s chief rabbi: Gays are ‘deviants’ who need re-educating
Jewish Journal
August 2, 2013
Madrid’s chief rabbi, Moshe Bendahan, called gays “deviants” who should be re-educated and said same-sex marriages are “monstrous.”
Jewish embrace of LGBT people recognizes the dignity of all
Rabbi David Wolpe
June 28, 2013
Attitudes toward same sex marriage in Judaism have undergone a dramatic change in the last quarter century. The prohibition recorded in Leviticus 18 has been affirmed by some, negated by others and reinterpreted by still others. Did the Torah intend loving same sex relationships? Did it understand homosexuality as a fundamental orientation rather than a choice?
Feeds and reads: Jewish responses to same-sex marriage decisions
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
Much of the Jewish world is celebrating today’s Supreme Court ruling on two same-sex marriage cases.
Three arrested in 2009 attack on gay club in Tel Aviv
Jewish Journal
June 5, 2013
Three suspects were arrested in connection with a 2009 shooting attack at a youth center for gays in Tel Aviv.
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