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Thread ID: 18812 | Posts: 12 | Started: 2005-06-24
2005-06-24 16:07 | User Profile
Oh, the hate! The homophobia! The intolerance! Oh wait, what was that? Oh, it's Jews who are banning the parade? Oh, well, I guess it's fine, then.
[size=+2]Jerusalem to Ban Annual Gay Pride Parade[/size] [size=-1]By GAVIN RABINOWITZ The Associated Press Thursday, June 23, 2005; 1:46 PM [/size] JERUSALEM -- Jerusalem officials said Thursday they will ban the annual gay pride parade set for next week, claiming the march would offend many of the holy city's residents.
Organizers of the parade appealed to Israel's Supreme Court to repeal the ruling, saying the decision was a violation of the homosexual community's freedom of expression.
The city council, including the mayor, decided "it is not right to allow the march or other planned activities to take place in the streets of Jerusalem, fearing that it will create an uproar, offend a wide sector of city residents and out of fear of public disturbances," Eitan Meir, director general of City Hall, said in a letter to organizers.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter from city officials.
A majority of Jerusalem's more than 600,000 residents are either Orthodox Jews or Muslim or Christian Palestinians _ conservative communities that oppose homosexuality.
The march, scheduled for June 30, was to be the fourth annual parade. The three previous parades have passed peacefully, attended by several thousand people and with only minor incidents of vandalism and protest.
The organizers of the parade, the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, appealed to the court to allow the march to go ahead.
"The actions of the mayor, and those carrying out his policies, are injurious to the values of freedom of expression," said Open House director Hagai El-Ad.
The city decision comes just weeks after the Jerusalem Open House postponed WorldPride 2005, a 10-day gathering that includes street parties, workshops and a gay film festival, until August 2006.
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2005-06-24 21:04 | User Profile
Q,
So they think that can ban the gay parade? The nerve! This is a job for the ADL and its [B]"teaching tolerance"[/B] program. It worked for them here, it ought to do wonders over there! :boxing:
2005-06-24 21:25 | User Profile
One rule for you (you hateful racist cattle) and a completely different rule for us.
Now quiet down, or we'll press a button on our remote control, and kickstart the reparations debate in Washington all over again....
2005-06-24 21:34 | User Profile
Oye Vey...too many Heblews must be coming down with AIDS/HIV...either that or they are having a scheduling conflict getting all of the jew queers together.
Btw, what do you call a jew queer. Answer: A HEBLEW :lol:
2005-06-25 00:03 | User Profile
As far as I am concerned, they got that one right. Good for them. :thumbsup:
[QUOTE=Quantrill]Oh, the hate! The homophobia! The intolerance! Oh wait, what was that? Oh, it's Jews who are banning the parade? Oh, well, I guess it's fine, then.
[size=+2]Jerusalem to Ban Annual Gay Pride Parade[/size] [size=-1]By GAVIN RABINOWITZ The Associated Press Thursday, June 23, 2005; 1:46 PM [/size] JERUSALEM -- Jerusalem officials said Thursday they will ban the annual gay pride parade set for next week, claiming the march would offend many of the holy city's residents.
Organizers of the parade appealed to Israel's Supreme Court to repeal the ruling, saying the decision was a violation of the homosexual community's freedom of expression.
The city council, including the mayor, decided "it is not right to allow the march or other planned activities to take place in the streets of Jerusalem, fearing that it will create an uproar, offend a wide sector of city residents and out of fear of public disturbances," Eitan Meir, director general of City Hall, said in a letter to organizers.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter from city officials.
A majority of Jerusalem's more than 600,000 residents are either Orthodox Jews or Muslim or Christian Palestinians _ conservative communities that oppose homosexuality.
The march, scheduled for June 30, was to be the fourth annual parade. The three previous parades have passed peacefully, attended by several thousand people and with only minor incidents of vandalism and protest.
The organizers of the parade, the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, appealed to the court to allow the march to go ahead.
"The actions of the mayor, and those carrying out his policies, are injurious to the values of freedom of expression," said Open House director Hagai El-Ad.
The city decision comes just weeks after the Jerusalem Open House postponed WorldPride 2005, a 10-day gathering that includes street parties, workshops and a gay film festival, until August 2006.
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2005-06-25 00:15 | User Profile
The previous pope banned one of those hootenannies in vatican city some years back. Truth be told, all major religions know homosexuality is wrong-Torah Judaism, Christianity, even Islam. The media is not pro-Judaism, it is anti-God. I believe it was Abe and his crew that gave Dr. Laura Schlessinger (Jewish) so much hell for not bowing to butt-piracy. The so-called "liberal", pro-gay media machine is also racist: disgusting Peter Tatchill of OUTRAGE!, a gay activist group, goes after Jamaican Reggae artists for their anti-gay lyrics, much moreso than he does Eminem; Beenie Man was banned from an MTV awards show, but Em was not (that's also a matter of $$ of course).
2005-06-25 00:26 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Q,
So they think that can ban the gay parade? The nerve! This is a job for the ADL and its "teaching tolerance" program. It worked for them here, it ought to do wonders over there! :boxing:[/QUOTE] Yeah, let's just see if Abe and the ADL speak out against this intolerance and the blatant "homophobia" that exists in Israel that would cause them to ban this parade.
2005-06-25 03:32 | User Profile
[QUOTE=King Bisquick Power Hour]The previous pope banned one of those hootenannies in vatican city some years back. Truth be told, all major religions know homosexuality is wrong-Torah Judaism, Christianity, even Islam.
Even the Eastern religions know homosexuality is wrong.
The media is not pro-Judaism, it is anti-God. I believe it was Abe and his crew that gave Dr. Laura Schlessinger (Jewish) so much hell for not bowing to butt-piracy.
How far down does she have to bend before it counts as bowing?
Anyway, if Israel sticks to this, their stock is going up in my book.
2005-06-25 12:30 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Angeleyes]As far as I am concerned, they got that one right. Good for them. :thumbsup:[/QUOTE] I fully approve of the banning of the parade. It is the blatant 'for me, but not for thee' hypocrisy that rubs me the wrong way. Why should The Only Democracy in the Middle East (tm) be able to ban perversion, while its citizens' coreligionists are advocating for queer 'marriage' here?
2005-06-25 22:25 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Quantrill]Oh, the hate! The homophobia! The intolerance! Oh wait, what was that? Oh, it's Jews who are banning the parade? Oh, well, I guess it's fine, then.
[/QUOTE]Maybe it's bad for tourism. People (especially Christians) don't go to the Holy Land to watch gays on parade. :shocking:
2005-06-25 23:05 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Quantrill] Why should The Only Democracy in the Middle East (tm) be able to ban perversion, while its citizens' coreligionists are advocating for queer 'marriage' here?[/QUOTE] Maybe I should write a letter to APIC and ask? What are the odds I will get an answer that does not smell of feces? :mellow:
2005-06-28 23:21 | User Profile
[color=#0000ff]I thought the issue was settled. Sadly, it was not! [/color]
[color=#0000ff][/color] [color=#0000ff][/color] June 28, 2005
A Jerusalem district court ruled Sunday that local authorities have no right to ban the annual gay pride march, due to take place in the city this week, a legal source told Agence France-Presse. The court said that the municipal council "did not have the right to discriminate against a section of the population because of sexual orientation," the source said. The court also ordered the municipality to pay legal costs of more than $6,000, the news agency reported.
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