The problem does not even
seem very new, as demonstrated by a passage of the Babylonian Talmud (Chulin 92b) in which it is said that among the few limits that the nations of the world have not exceeded is that they have not yet
consented to «
writing the Ketubbà for males,» even if they are certainly not attentive to respecting the ban on homosexual practices.
As a buyer, you really have no power to contact Countrywide about the short sale unless you get express
written consent from the seller, which
seems unlikely in this situation.