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Members of Jerusalem's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community and their supporters marched in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon, and ultra-Orthodox Jews staged a protest from a safe distance in what has become an annual test of strength.

The gay community sees itself as deprived of full recognition, equality and rights. Ultra-Orthodox Jews reject homosexuality as depravity.

Posters signed by critical rabbinical authorities, sanctimonious eye-rolling on both sides, the inevitable petition to the supreme court, as well as the expected ruling in favor — everyone knows the drill.

In part, the gay issue taps into existing tensions in Israel between religious and secular and right- vs. left-wing politics, and the whole thing is often perceived as a package deal. Not surprisingly, protesters against the parade included Itamar Ben-Gvir, a career activist whose name is in the notebook of any reporter who ever covered a right-wing demonstration in Israel.
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3 responses // Gay pride parade in Jerusalem!!

  • That's what I'm talkin about! Fight for your rights~!
    Spiral9
  • i think current tv is making me gay...

    ...[i say that with love.]
    punsharma
  • First off, go gay-jews!

    On the American front...I am excited that Californian gays can marry. However, I personally think that marriage versus civil unions should be remain a states rights issue in America. Let religious people have their religious-based union and let secular people have their own non-religious based union. If we are going to respect the rights of all minorities, that INCLUDES religious minorities. I'm not religious, but I respect people who are. I'm not gay, but I respect people who are. And yes, I know that there are gay-religious people, just as there are gay-religious-Republicans...but that is a whole other ballpark that needs to be addressed within the religious community.

    I wish gay rights wouldn't be seen as a Right or Left issue. I know Right-wingers who support gays, and who are gay, and conversely I know Left-wingers who do not support gays. I do understand that we tend to "package" our politics--they simply sell better as packaged deals and politics is marketing through and through. But I think that, in reality, most Westernized people tend to comprise a more middle ground, mixed political portfolio.

    Which is why I try not to put people in a box. We need to start supporting REAL diversity of thought in this country and stop using pillory against people who don't follow the Left or Right template and talking points...ascribing to such is only as circular as it is unproductive.

    But I don't think that it is only Gay rights that should be left to States Rights...there are plenty of other Rights that we've given over to the Federal government which are Constituional States Rights and have no place at the Federal level. It's funny how both the Left and the Right in America abuse their power in this regard...they each want to force things on each other by using the Federal gov. to do so. Which is a slippery slope for our country.
    kellij

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