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The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) has been prodding the issue of homosexuality* for a good many years now. What is the official position with regard to Gay People?

Forward article

It hardly seems necessary to say that the full spectrum of opinions exists in the Jewish world just as it does in the secular world, but perhaps it is necessary. One finds everything from full acceptance to complete shunning. The traditional position does not condone homosexual activity, but some of the more liberal types advocate being nice to gays just as one would be nice to e.g. people who break Shabbat, although not to the extent of letting them get married.

( Philosophy of halakah )