Homosexuality and the Torah Community
This is a difficult topic. I have started to write this essay several times, in several different ways, over the past few weeks, and abandoned it after being unhappy in the direction it was going. There are many complex issues that come into play, and it has been difficult for me to articulate a nuanced, "middle of the road" approach that does justice to the subject matter, proudly upholds Torah principles, and at the same time avoids writing that which will hurt the easily offended. I am referring to the tension between Torah observance and those who harbor same-sex attraction. This issue has been in and out of the front pages over recent months, mostly to the detriment of Torah Jewry. The Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v.Hodges establishing same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, (I discussed the negative Constitutional and aspects of that decision in another essay ) resultant proclamations about Homosexuality, a...