They lined up in three rows at the front of the room and a young gay rabbi spoke into the microphone.

He did not hedge when asked what he thought about gay rabbis.

The two are also an interracial couple who were married by a gay rabbi even though neither is Jewish.

The one written by Rabbi Roth upholds the prohibition on gay rabbis that the committee passed overwhelmingly in 1992.

The ruling accepting gay rabbis is itself a compromise.

Deborah Brin is the first openly gay rabbi in Judaism.