2008-02-20 Israeli MP blames quakes on gays

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Date:	2008-02-20
Link:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7255657.stm
Source:	BBC (articlescat)
Topics:	Israel anti-gay Shlomo Benizri Jewish Shas Party religious extremism demonization
Categories:	Israel anti-gay Shlomo Benizri Jewish Shas Party religious extremism demonization

Israeli MP blames quakes on gays

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An Israeli MP has blamed parliament's tolerance of gays for earthquakes that have rocked the Holy Land recently.

Shlomo Benizri, of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party, said the tremors had been caused by lawmaking that gave "legitimacy to sodomy".

Israel decriminalised homosexuality in 1988 and has since passed several laws recognising gay rights.

Who takes these things seriously? Apparently for some people, we might as well still be living in the middle ages.

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“An Israeli MP has blamed parliament's tolerance of gays for earthquakes that have rocked the Holy Land recently.”