Q&A: Yes
Yes
Question
Can Jewish law recognize same-sex marriage?
On the face of it, why not? After all, the prohibition is on male homosexual intercourse, not on marriage.
Answer
Is this a Purim pilpul? Purim already passed. Save it for next year.
Discussion on Answer
If it was written seriously, that is even more troubling. If you want to define something on your own—good luck. Jewish law does not recognize such marriages.
Why not?
Aren’t you in favor of introducing this within the framework of the changes you call for?
Why not also innovate that there is no prohibition on intercourse? Innovation does not mean doing whatever you feel like and ignoring everything. You need to explain how this fits with, or is even called for by, the rules under the new circumstances that have arisen. As long as the Torah does not define betrothal between same-sex partners, I have no way to invent it out of thin air.
Not at all.
Jewish law simply does not recognize a reality of betrothal and marriage between two human beings of the same sex, and I wanted to know whether it is possible to innovate such a thing.
After all, betrothal and marriage that are not forbidden, because Jewish law does not recognize such a reality at all, are not the same as male homosexual intercourse, which is forbidden. And even that prohibition is not relevant today if we accept the social-historical explanations.
I would appreciate a serious answer. The question was written seriously and has practical implications.