Same-Sex Marriage and the Jews

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Wedding on the beach, chairs and huppah. © Matthew Valentine | Dreamstime.com.
Wedding on the beach, chairs and huppah. © Matthew Valentine | Dreamstime.com.
Essay
Sam Schulman
Feb. 2 2014

When your forefathers went down into Egypt they were only seventy strong, but now the Lord your God has made you countless as the stars in the sky. (Deuteronomy 10:22) 

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