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07-06-2006, 11:55 AM
As relations between Palestinian and Israeli politicians disintegrate, religious officials from Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities united Tuesday to ask authorities to ban WorldPride, set for Aug. 6 in Jerusalem.
More than 50 prominent religious figures invited by right-wing lawmakers visited the Knesset's Interior Committee to campaign against WorldPride. During the fraught meeting, the clergy members urged WorldPride to consider moving the parade to another city or canceling it altogether.
As of early Wednesday, officials had taken no action, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Gay rights groups, including Jerusalem Open House, a sponsor of the event, and the Coalition for Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, and Transgender Rights described the faction as "dangerous" and "ugly."
"We will have our event, and our rights as human beings will not be trampled," said Sol Lev, an activist promoting the event. "Their speech, what these people are saying, is a hate crime."
Declared a New York rabbi, Yehuda Levin of the Rabbinical Alliance of America: "I promise there's going to be bloodshed -- not just on that day, but for months afterward.
"In America, we are outraged and disgusted over this event. There are millions of people who, with their bodies, souls and money, will stand against this . . . I will be here afterwards to remind you and to say, 'I warned you and you did nothing,' " Levin said.
"If gays will dare approach the Temple Mount during the parade, they will do so over our dead bodies," said Knesset member Ibrahim Sarsur of the United Arab List-Ta'al party.
Only Meretz and one Labor party lawmaker spoke in World Pride's favor, the Post reported, with Meretz's Zehava Gal-On calling Tuesday's religious contingent "a dangerous coalition" and "a danger to democracy."
Similar talk of damnation greeted World Pride in Rome 2000. Pope John Paul II was bitterly opposed to the event, especially because it coincided with Holy Year events to celebrate 2000 years since the birth of Jesus.
The pope urged those attending the event not to march past the Colosseum or the Circus Maximus, two of Rome's most famous ancient sites.
The publicity surrounding the pope's wrath and the ensuing solidarity of the international gay community led to one of the biggest crowds to gather in Rome for decades.
Marchers ignored the Vatican and triumphantly strutted past the Colosseum. The city welcomed more than a million visitors that weekend and the event dragged global gay rights issues from the closet and onto the main agenda.
http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2006/07/05/4
Jews, Christians and Muslims unite for the one modern day issue they can agree on, they hate homosexuals. Every year they do this, with Jerusalem being the biggest sticking point. It's the time of year that they put aside all their petty squabbles and yell out in one unified voice their hatred of homosexuals.
More than 50 prominent religious figures invited by right-wing lawmakers visited the Knesset's Interior Committee to campaign against WorldPride. During the fraught meeting, the clergy members urged WorldPride to consider moving the parade to another city or canceling it altogether.
As of early Wednesday, officials had taken no action, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Gay rights groups, including Jerusalem Open House, a sponsor of the event, and the Coalition for Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, and Transgender Rights described the faction as "dangerous" and "ugly."
"We will have our event, and our rights as human beings will not be trampled," said Sol Lev, an activist promoting the event. "Their speech, what these people are saying, is a hate crime."
Declared a New York rabbi, Yehuda Levin of the Rabbinical Alliance of America: "I promise there's going to be bloodshed -- not just on that day, but for months afterward.
"In America, we are outraged and disgusted over this event. There are millions of people who, with their bodies, souls and money, will stand against this . . . I will be here afterwards to remind you and to say, 'I warned you and you did nothing,' " Levin said.
"If gays will dare approach the Temple Mount during the parade, they will do so over our dead bodies," said Knesset member Ibrahim Sarsur of the United Arab List-Ta'al party.
Only Meretz and one Labor party lawmaker spoke in World Pride's favor, the Post reported, with Meretz's Zehava Gal-On calling Tuesday's religious contingent "a dangerous coalition" and "a danger to democracy."
Similar talk of damnation greeted World Pride in Rome 2000. Pope John Paul II was bitterly opposed to the event, especially because it coincided with Holy Year events to celebrate 2000 years since the birth of Jesus.
The pope urged those attending the event not to march past the Colosseum or the Circus Maximus, two of Rome's most famous ancient sites.
The publicity surrounding the pope's wrath and the ensuing solidarity of the international gay community led to one of the biggest crowds to gather in Rome for decades.
Marchers ignored the Vatican and triumphantly strutted past the Colosseum. The city welcomed more than a million visitors that weekend and the event dragged global gay rights issues from the closet and onto the main agenda.
http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2006/07/05/4
Jews, Christians and Muslims unite for the one modern day issue they can agree on, they hate homosexuals. Every year they do this, with Jerusalem being the biggest sticking point. It's the time of year that they put aside all their petty squabbles and yell out in one unified voice their hatred of homosexuals.