The highest legal body of the Conservative Jewish movement voted today to allow rabbis to perform commitment ceremonies for gays and lesbians, and to ordain gay and lesbian rabbis. The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards declared this to be halacha, or in accord with Jewish law. The University of Judaism has already stated that it is prepared to start ordaining gay rabbis. The action today on three conflicting measures means that seminaries and synagogues will be left to decide on their own which approach to follow.

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