Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum on New York gay pride parade

The vast majority of orthodox Jews would be totally opposed to gay behaviour. Homosexual behavious is explicitly forbidden in the Bible for men and the ancient Rabbis forbade it also for women. No G-d-fearing Jew can support it. A gay pride parade is shamelessly publicising a sin on the streets. Others for whom the Bible and the halachic literature are not their beacon, may think otherwise

I believe she would have to do some very creative work at interpreting the Bible in order to justify her stance religiously.  Jewish law is not a Chinese menu.  We can't just take the parts we like and use them.  Certainly most traditional Jews would have difficulty with her statement.

In the United States, the Reform, Reconstructionist, and Conservative movements have all taken official positions in favor of gay rights. Those three movements represent about 80% of affiliated Jews. Of the unaffiliated Jews I think they would overwhelmingly support gay rights as well.

Those three movements all welcome women into their seminaries, so the idea of a rabbi being a man with a long beard is quickly becoming a stereotype of the past. 

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is correct, in my opinion, according to my conscience. There is nothing immoral in people forming committed relationships with the person they love, they desire.

A "religious" approach that claims authoritative understanding of a sacred text, claiming that God is the author of that interpretation, is a perversion of religion because it gives individuals an excuse to turn off their conscience.

The story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis comes to teach us that our consciences have been turned on. We were given the ability to distinguish between good and evil. To take that God-given ability and discard it at the directive of some "authority" is, in my opinion, an abomination.

I've written about the abuse of sacred text on my blog and how it serves the human spirit when personal responsibility is affirmed and "authoritative" readings of texts are rejected.

For an elaborate, fun, and deep contemporary interpretation of the Garden of Eden story, read Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. 

Jewish tradition is pro-love, pro-healthy sexuality, pro-partnership, pro-people selecting their own partners (see midrash in which Adam rejects each of the animals in turn before selecting Eve as his partner), and anti-aloneness.

I support Rabbi Kleinbaum's views, and look forward to the day when no one will think the biggest problem in this country or in the Jewish community is that two people love each other and want to create a sacred family.