Following last month's court order to
close, a New Jersey nonprofit that offered to turn gays to
heterosexuals is soliciting donations to pay its legal bills.
A judge agreed with four plaintiffs who
accused Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) of
peddling therapies that violate the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
(Related: Judge
orders “ex-gay” group JONAH to close.)
In an email to supporters, JONAH
co-directors Arthur Goldberg and Elaine Silodor Berk called the
court's ruling a “tragic miscarriage of justice” that reflects
“the near triumph of political correctness and the gay activist
agenda in the USA.”
“However, we fervently believe that
the Torah's traditional values on sexuality and the family will
triumph in the end because these universal laws produce the most just
societies which, in turn, offer G-d given truths for all humanity to
follow,” the email claims.
The group also asked for donations to
help defray legal costs – “JONAH's bank account will be open to
accept donations until mid-May 2016” – and announced the
formation of a new organization, the Jewish Institute for Global
Awareness (JIFGA).
JIFGA's mission will be to “educate
the public on the Noahide laws” that require “the establishment
of a justice system and courts of law to enforce” the Seven
Universal Laws, which include prohibiting “immorality and forbidden
sexual relations.”
(h/t: Equality
Case Files.)