Conservative Judaism

Conclusion
When a couple has been married without a ketubbah, the attached document should be utilized as a [tashlum ketubbah nahalat shiva].

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"WHAT EXACTLY IS FORBIDDEN
It seems to be becoming commonplace to suggest that what is forbidden is anal intercourse, or anal penetration, and that alone. That suggestion leads some to far-reaching conclusions. We forbid what is forbidden, but anything other than what is biblically forbidden is permissible. A relationship between two males that avoids actual anal intercourse or penetration is perfectly valid and halakhic. The other sexual behaviors in which they may engage are not forbidden.

An excerpt:

The following paper was submitted in concurrence with teshuvot by Rabbis Roth and Levy and in dissent from the teshuvot of Rabbis Elliot Dorff, Daniel Nevins and Avram Reisner, Rabbi Gordon Tucker, and Rabbis Myron Geller, Robert and David Fine in Shevat 5767- February 2007.Concurring and dissenting opinions are not official positions of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards.

WHAT EVERY TEEN SHOULD KNOW
Educational programs geared to teens through USY, Ramah and our congregations should give the following messages, within a broader educational context dealing with issues of sexuality in general:
1. All people are entitled to be treated with human dignity and respected as unique individuals in all programs, institutions and congregations in the Conservative movement.

CONCLUSIONS
1) We consider the desire for same sex erotic activity to be a רצי like any other רצי. There should be no discrimination against anyone based merely on the presence or absence of such feelings.
2) Everyone has an equal obligation to observe the law, whatever the content of a person’s רצי may be. We recognize that observing any law will be more difficult for some than for others; people for whom observing a law is more difficult deserve our understanding and support, but their greater degree of difficulty does not absolve them of responsibility.

V. CONCLUSIONS
A. Piskei Din: Legal Findings
Based upon our study of halakhic precedents regarding both sexual norms and human dignity, we reach the following conclusions:
1. The explicit biblical ban on anal sex between men remains in effect. Gay men are instructed to refrain from anal sex.

"Obviously, there can be no totally satisfactory solution to the abortion problem, which is itself a symptom of a tragedy. The choice of the lesser of two evils must the the goal in guiding society to a rational decision.

Jewish tradition is sensitive to the sanctity of life, and does not permit abortion on demand. However, it sanctions abortion under some circumstances because it dos not regard the fetus as an autonomous person. This is based partly on the Bible (Exodus 21:22-23), which prescribes monetary damages where a person injures a pregnant woman, causing a miscarriage. The Mishnah (Ohalot 7:6) explicitly indicates that one is to abort a fetus if the continuation of pregnancy might imperil the life of the mother.

Conclusion:
There is clear precedent in the tradition, as it has developed to our day, to permit abortion of a fetus to save a mother's life, to safeguard her health, or even for "a very thin reason," such as to spare her physical pain or mental anguish. Some recent authorities also consider the well-being of other children, and the future of the fetus itself as reasons to permit abortion. All agree that there must be a reason to justify the destruction of the potential person the fetus will become after birth.

"Our conclusion, therefore, must be that abortion is morally wrong. It should be permitted only for therapeutic reasons."
(originally published in 1959)