Israeli rabbi pairs gays to lesbians | 365gay.com »
Rabbi Arele Harel offers an unconventional solution for Orthodox Jewish gay men who want to raise a conventional family: He fixes them up with Orthodox lesbians. His matchmaking service, which has just gone online, has met criticism on opposing fronts. Orthodox Jewish rabbis say Harel should be doing more to encourage gays and lesbians to try to change their sexual orientation. Liberal religious gay groups see Harel’s approach as a ploy to suppress homosexuality.
The matchmaking presents an array of challenges. The relationship may be loveless. The partners may be tempted to seek sexual satisfaction outside the marriage. And the couple may need assistance to get pregnant. But Harel insists he just wants to help people have children, an important commandment of Jewish law.
Huh.
I wrote a paper about Ultra-Orthadox queer women for a class last semester, and well.. this seems to actually directly respond to what the people who live within that group want themselves, so how can I as a atheist cultural Jew impose my own ideas onto them?
And yet SO MANY FEELINGS.
D:
Oh this is in incredibly interesting OAO
(via glompcat)
