50% of Jewish Groups Have Gay-Friendly Policy
Organizations Seek To Include LGBT Community: Report
A new survey of Jewish communal organizations found that 50 percent of them have taken significant steps to welcome gays and lesbians and their families.
The Jewish Organization Equality Index provides benchmarks for gauging and improving policies regarding gay, lesbian bisexual and transgendered persons at North American Jewish communal organizations. The index was released Sunday by the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT civil rights organization.
Some 204 Jewish communal organizations, or about 10 percent of the organizations invited to take part, participated in the survey.
Read on at the Jewish Daily Forward.
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LGBT. 8 Points:
Point 3: Inclusive Community,
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Point 5: Non-Dogmatic Searchers,
Point 6: Peace and Justice, and
Point 8: Compassion and Selfless Love.
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