Religious inclusion for LGBT people and ordination of LGBT rabbis were also pioneered by the movement. Intercourse between consenting adults was declared as legitimate by the Central Conference of American Rabbis in 1977, and openly gay clergy were admitted by the end of the 1980s. Same-sex marriage was sanctioned by the year 2000. In 2015, the URJ adopted a Resolution on the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People, urging clergy and synagogue attendants to actively promote tolerance and inclusion of such individuals.
religious inclusion for lgbt people and ordination of lgbt rabbis were also pioneered by the movement intercourse between consenting adults was declared as legitimate by the central conference of american rabbis in 1977 and openly gay clergy were admitted by the end of the 1980s same-sex marriage was sanctioned by the year 2000 in 2015 the urj adopted a resolution on the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming people urging clergy and synagogue attendants to actively promote tolerance and inclusion of such individuals