 The congregation had been supportive of gays since at least the early 1990s , and following the late 2006 decision by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards to allow same @-@ sex commitment ceremonies , in 2007 Baith Israel Anshei Emes voted to follow suit . The day before Yom Kippur , 2009 , the synagogue was picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church , who shouted antisemitic and anti @-@ gay slogans . 
