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UK’s new Chief Rabbi: Bible clearly teaches marriage is between one man and one woman
LifeSiteNews ^ | 4Sept13 | Thaddeus Baklinksi

Posted on 09/05/2013 6:19:46 PM PDT by ReformationFan

Orthodox Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who replaced Lord Jonathan Sacks as Chief Rabbi of Britain and the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth on Sunday, said he would maintain traditional Jewish values, including support for natural marriage, while stressing that he wants all Jews to find a home and feel comfortable in orthodox synagogues.

“We have a clear Biblical definition of marriage which is the union of one man and one woman and through that we value traditional family life," Rabbi Mirvis told the BBC in an interview before Sunday’s installation ceremony.

(Excerpt) Read more at lifesitenews.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Judaism; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: 1male1female; ephraimmirvis; formerlygreatbritain; homonaziagenda; homosexualagenda; israel; marriage; moralabsolutes; rabbi; russia; uk; unitedkingdom
So the UK's Chief Rabbi affirms marriage as it has been taught for centuries in his religion. What a shock! I'm sure the PC thought police in formerly Great Britain will start calling him a "Nazi" for actually believing what his Jewish faith has always believed./sarc
1 posted on 09/05/2013 6:19:46 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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good for the new UK rabbi!


2 posted on 09/05/2013 6:24:34 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (E)
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>So the UK’s Chief Rabbi affirms marriage as it has been taught for centuries in his religion.<

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Not only in his religion but also by every Christian denomination until only recently.


3 posted on 09/05/2013 6:27:57 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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Thanks ReformationFan.


4 posted on 09/05/2013 6:36:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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5 posted on 09/05/2013 6:36:57 PM PDT by narses
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He must be a racist, or something... :)


6 posted on 09/06/2013 8:40:17 AM PDT by bkaycee (John 3:16)
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