Editing Elliot N. Dorff (section)

==Responsa==
On December 6, 2006, the law committee accepted a paper by Rabbis Elliot Dorff, [[Daniel Nevins]] and [[Avram Reisner]] on [[same-sex marriage]] and ordination of homosexual rabbis, while it upheld the biblical prohibition on male intercourse.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=17355&intcategoryid=4 |title= Conflicting Conservative opinions expected to open the way for gays |access-date=2006-12-07 |author=Ben Harris |date=2006-12-06 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211044018/http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=17355&intcategoryid=4 |archive-date=2006-12-11 |quote=At the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, leaders long have made clear their intention to ordain gay rabbis if the law committee allowed it. At Wednesday’s meeting, Dorff, rector of U.J.’s Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, said he expects the seminary to announce a final decision within weeks.. }}</ref>
In addition, Dorff has written responsa adopted by the Conservative Movement's [[Committee on Jewish Law and Standards]] on these and other topics: end-of-life medical issues; artificial insemination, egg donation, and adoption; assisted suicide; donations of ill-gotten gain; and violent or defamatory video games.<ref>Rabbinical Assembly website, www.rabbinicalassembly.org under the link "Contemporary Halakhah."</ref>