
Oy vey. As Tel Aviv unveiled its new gay community center today, politicians in Jerusalem have launched an amendment to ban the city's gay pride:
A group of MKs, mostly religious, decided on Wednesday to promote an amendment to the Jerusalem Basic Law that would ban the Gay Pride Parade from taking place in the city.The lawmakers decided to sign a petition addressed to the chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Menahem Ben Sasson, urging him to advance the bill that was submitted last year, yielding little progress since.
National Religious Party-National Union MK Eliyahu Gabbay, who initiated the amendment, said: "It is unacceptable that Ben-Sasson stalls decisions that were made in a democratic procedure. It is an anti-democratic move. Personal considerations should stay away from the democratic process."
The opposition parties are also planning ten mass demonstrations on pride day. Sounds like a par-tay!
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Can we please do without the trite yiddish? A significant chunk of Jews are not of ashkenazic descent (and thus have zero connection to it), and the proper language of Am Yisrael is Hebrew. I know you're in NY, but c'mon…
how can this happen? how can a nation synonymous with ethnic nationalism, apartheid, and occupation be discriminatory against queers?
Nothing like god's chosen people to know how to ladle out intolerance.
Yep, ant-gay laws started by this very draconian religion way back in Leviticus 8:22….christianity continues it's harsh legay
correction…the last word should read legacy
More evidence that religion — all religion — is the enemy!
I am sick to death of people in funny headgear telling me how to live my life!
Launchin' ain't gettin'. People should read the whole post. It's proposed by a small group of politicians. This happens here too.