ca: Sort of. But it’s always couched in Halachic terms. So if there is Mamash no Halachic basis for it, they won’t do it (yet). If they can find a rejected Shittah in the Rishonim, they haven’t been too hesitant to rely on it. I don’t think they’ve yet started relying on Shittos that are actually Yechidim, but we’ll see how long it takes for them to get there. They’re not Conservative yet. I hope that they never make it there, but it is looking more and more unlikely that they stay something that can pass itself off as “Orthodox”. Mark my words, within 5 years your average OO congregation will be wholly accepting of homosexuality, and that will be the end of that. Women Rabbis we could probably find a way to make our peace with (while strongly holding that we disagree with it) if they were 100% Halachah-observant. Yehi Ratzon that they will be. But practically, the chances of that happening are close to zero.
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