of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, calling it a "direct attack on a woman's right to choose." Gay rights In 2004, the SHJ issued a resolution supporting the legal recognition of both same-sex marriage and same-sex divorce, affirming its belief in "the value of marriage between any two committed adults with the sense of obligations, responsibilities, and consequences thereof." In 2010, the SHJ pledged to speak out against homophobia. Religious exemptions In 2012, the SHJ issued a statement opposing conscience clauses that allow religious-affiliated institutions to be exempt from providing reproductive healthcare services to individuals or their employees. It said, "We rely upon evidence-based medicine to promote responsible reproductive healthcare policies. [...] We believe that healthcare institutions (defined as including but not limited to insurers, managed-care providers, hospitals, pharmacies) should not be able to use religion as a way to deny legitimate and lawful reproductive healthcare and accurate medical information concerning reproductive healthcare to patients who do not share the same religious or moral beliefs." Women's equality In 2013, the SHJ issued a statement to say it "wholeheartedly supports the observance of Women's Equality Day on August 26 to commemorate the anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allowing women to vote." It also said that it "condemns gender discrimination in all its forms, including restriction of rights, limited access to education, violence, and subjugation," and commits itself to "maintain vigilance and speak out in the fight to bring gender equality to our generation and to the generations that follow." Drug use In 2021, the SHJ issued a statement calling for the complete decriminalization of cannabis for both medical and recreational purposes. See also Humanistic Judaism Religious humanism References Humanistic Judaism in the United States Humanist associations Jewish religious organizations Organizations established in 1969 Secular Jewish culture in the United States