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Hundreds demonstrate in Israel against Jerusalem Gay parade
Jun 20, 2007, 21:27 GMT
Jerusalem - Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem late Wednesday, burning garbage containers and throwing stones at police in protest against the annual Gay Parade planned in the city the next day, Israel Radio reported.
Hundreds more held similar protests in the ultra-Orthodox Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak.
Police arrested at least two of the protesters in Jerusalem and another two in Bnei Barak, the radio said.
The protests escalated after Israel's supreme court rejected a petition seeking to stop the march, due to be held Thursday in Jerusalem.
Some 5,000 members of Israel's gay community are expected to attend, protected by as many as 7,000 police officers.
The precaution comes after protests leading up to the parade last year turned violent for days in advance, and leaders of the Jerusalem Open House, which organizes the event, were forced to hold it in a closed stadium far removed from the city centre to ease the tensions.
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I'm not against Gay people having the right to thier own parade even though I don't agree with it, it really isn't a wise choice to have it in the worlds most religious city though is it?
I thought all jews were gay. You know, happy people enjoying everything life has to offer. What is this protest all about?
There will never be peace in the Middle East until there is justice for the Palestinians, and there will be no justice for the Palestinians until Israel is destroyed, which will happen. But it will not be a Muslim army that destroys Israel; it will be The Almighty God that will destroy Israel because the Israelis disobey The Law. Most Israelis are secular-minded and irreligious; many violate The Sabbath, fornicate and condone homosexuality. Some Israelis even eat pork. These and other sinful actions by the Israelis incur the wrath of GOD. Also, the mistreatment of the Palestinians angers GOD. One would think that Ashkenazi (European) Jews would be particularly sensitive to violating peoples human rights, but evidently they (Ashkenazi Jews) do not speak out about the inhumanly brutal way that the Arabs are treated by the Israeli government. After all, it is the suffering of the Jews of Europe at the hands of the Nazis that is the cause of Palestinian troubles. It is hard to understand why the Palestinians have to suffer because of the crimes of the Nazis. A part of Germany should have been given to the Jews as a homeland instead of Arab Palestine. In the Middle East there must be justice for the people of Palestine. If there is no justice there will be no peace. GOD will not allow the Israelis to live in peace with their Arab neighbors unless they repent to GOD and obey The Law. Clearly the Jews in Israel are unmindful of their Biblical history (Prophet Lot & Sodom and Gomorrah) and/or do not fear the punishment of God.
You want to talk about God's punishment?
How about the commandment 'thou shalt not kill' which Muslims violate all day every day?
If anyone is willing to study the five oldest Islamic sources, you can use them to prove conclusively that Islam's lone founder and Allah's singular voice, was a pedophile, rapist, incestuous, adulterous, sexist, womanizing, lying, mass murdering, thief, kidnapper, slave trader, and terrorist. He broke all God's commandments so he & his followers will be number one on God's 'punishment' list.
Four thousand years ago, the God of the Bible (who's name is Yahweh, NOT Allah) predicted that Muslims, those who consider themselves descendants of Ishmael, would be: wild asses of men. Their hand would be against their brother, and their brother's hand would be against them. And they would live in hostility with the whole world.
Look's like God knew what He was talking about.
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SIR Salmon RushdieJun 21st, 2007 - 04:37:23
The gay pride parades are utterly disgraceful. To think, in today's world homosexuality is socially acceptable! What's next, socially acceptable incest? Pedophilia?
Homosexuality is not OK.
Cities that proudly host gay pride parades are like modern-day Sodom's and it makes me welcome the end of the world.
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