Conservative Judaism recently made headlines with their reevaluation of homosexuality in Jewish law. Although Conservative Judaism rejected homosexuality in 1992 (PDF), there was a request to reconsider the issue. When we covered homosexuality from an Orthodox perspective in 'Lonely Men of Faith'1 we referenced the debate between Rabbi Elliot Dorf and Rabbi Joel Roth, but there has obviously been significantly more discussion on the matter culminating in yesterday's decision. From what limited information we have at this time, this new decision is hardly as groundbreaking as people might think. Before we begin, we need to point out two essential distinctions.