 The two responsa based their different conclusions in part on different understandings of the concept of "kevod habriyot"

Rabbis Dorff, Nevins, and Reisner wrote a responsum which supported liberalizing Conservative Judaism's view of homosexual behavior.They held that rabbinic prohibitions against homosexual behavior are inconsistent with human dignity as society now understands it.They argued that the Conservative understanding of the principle of "Kevod habriyot" includes general society's evolving understanding of human dignity and that the rabbinic prohibitions involved were inconsistent with human dignity thus understood.