Difference between revisions of "2008-02-20 Israeli MP blames quakes on gays"
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| − | + | <let name=data index=Date>2008-02-20</let> | |
| − | + | <let name=data index=Topics>\Israel\anti-gay\Shlomo Benizri\Jewish Shas Party\religious extremism\demonizing</let> | |
| − | + | <let name=data index=URL>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7255657.stm</let> | |
| − | + | <let name=data index=Title>Israeli MP blames quakes on gays</let> | |
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| + | <p>An Israeli MP has blamed parliament's tolerance of gays for earthquakes that have rocked the Holy Land recently.</p> | ||
| + | <p>[[Shlomo Benizri]], of the ultra-Orthodox [[Jewish Shas Party]], said the tremors had been caused by lawmaking that gave "legitimacy to sodomy".</p> | ||
| + | <p>Israel decriminalised homosexuality in 1988 and has since passed several laws recognising gay rights.</p> | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
| + | Who takes these things seriously? Apparently for some people, we might as well still be living in the middle ages.</let> | ||
| + | <let name=data index=TextShort>“An Israeli MP has blamed parliament's tolerance of gays for earthquakes that have rocked the Holy Land recently.”</let> | ||
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