Q&A: Surrogacy for Same-Sex Couples
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Surrogacy for Same-Sex Couples
Question
I saw that you wrote that you support the surrogacy law. This is a necessary and sensible step from the standpoint of civil rights, and it also does not contradict Jewish law (is it forbidden for two sinners to raise a child? — it is permitted). But assuming that this will lead more homosexuals to come to prohibition, is there no room to forbid it tactically?
Answer
If it really would cause that, then there might perhaps be room to forbid it tactically. But in my view that is not the situation. Beyond that, even if it were the case, I am opposed in principle to the state interfering in private life and discriminating against people. I do not want it helping me prevent religious transgression.