tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928387059735958551.post5499865342135846967..comments2024-01-17T16:15:59.682-05:00Comments on Another gay Jew: In my headEly Winklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14816825030719694334noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928387059735958551.post-34841170384581582192010-05-02T13:08:42.065-04:002010-05-02T13:08:42.065-04:00I have a question: since you are gay, what's t...I have a question: since you are gay, what's the Halacha for you with regards to Shomer negiah? Are you allowed to touch girls because theoretically speaking you biologically aren't attracted to them? Or do they still apply because gay men in the past have fathered children? <br /><br />And then does Shomer negiah apply to men?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928387059735958551.post-72674706274869414112010-04-30T01:15:16.659-04:002010-04-30T01:15:16.659-04:00Your final paragraph is very revealing. From some ...Your final paragraph is very revealing. From some of your previous posts, I would not have been surprised "if you went all the way," so Yasher koach for the boundaries that you have set for yourself. This should lessen the "angst in [your] mind" for we attest during davening that no person "is perfectly okay according to Halacha." We all have our areas of weakness. Even as an active gay frum Jew, you can still be proud of what you do accomplish. If you refrain from anal sex for religious reasons, but still have a need to masturbate, then rather than feel all guilty, be thankful that you have an outlet that is less problematic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928387059735958551.post-31620220624433328242010-04-27T23:47:45.868-04:002010-04-27T23:47:45.868-04:00If that was the only issur d'oraisa involved u...If that was the only issur d'oraisa involved ur tzidkus would be admired...<br />(unfortunately that is not the case)Gov McGreeveyhttp://www.bsodbuubfewg.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928387059735958551.post-55923331583179796122010-04-26T18:20:20.082-04:002010-04-26T18:20:20.082-04:00Great Post.Great Post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com