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==== Homosexuality ====
Boteach wrote in a 2010 ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' op-ed column on [[homosexuality]] that he does not deny that there is a biblical prohibition on male [[same-sex relationshipsrelationship]]s, and a commandment for men and women to marry and have children.<ref name="auto11">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704361504575552203494330686|title=My Jewish Perspective on Homosexuality; I tell gay couples they still have 611 of the Torah's 613 rules to keep them busy.|author=Boteach, Shmuley|date=October 15, 2010|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> Still, he understands those in context.<ref name="auto11"/> "There are [[613 commandments]] in the Torah... So when Jewish gay couples tell me they have never been attracted to members of the opposite sex and are desperate alone, I tell them "You have 611 commandments left. That should keep you busy. Now, go create a [[kosher]] home ... you are His beloved children."<ref name="auto11"/> Five years later he wrote that he believed in the equality of all of God's children, and has seen too much [[homophobia]] in his life.<ref name="auto13">{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2015/07/gay-marriage-and-the-end-of-days/|work=The Observer|title=Gay Marriage and the End of Days|first=Shmuley |last= Boteach |date=July 1, 2015}}</ref> He believes that the biggest threat to marriage doesn't come from gay marriage, but heterosexual divorce, which he says afflicts half of marriages.<ref name="auto13"/> He opposes government involvement at all in recognizing marriage, but supports state-sanctioned [[civil union]]s for all.<ref name="auto11"/><ref name="auto31"/><ref name="auto13"/>
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