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