Michael Gold

Some Jewish thinkers condone homosexuality, despite the condemnation of homosexual sex in Jewish law.

Some traditional Jewish authorities condemn homosexuality, while advocating compassion for individual gays and lesbians.

While the Torah does not forbid premarital sex, the rabbis of the talmudic era prohibited it--but one modern authority proposed a sanctioned form of exclusive sexual relationship outside of marriage.

Judaism approves of sex and sexual pleasure, valuing it as a means toward procreation and companionship.