Two Jewish groups signed an advertisement calling for the legalization of gay marriage. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Phyllis Snyder, president of the National Council of Jewish Women, were among 44 people whose names appear under the Tuesday advertisement in several national newspapers, including The New York Times.
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