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November 06, 2006
Foaming Bronze Age Fanaticism*: It's not just for Muslims anymore:Israel's attorney general Meni Mazuz refused to ban a gay pride parade that is scheduled for this coming Friday in Jerusalem. Instead, he instructed gay activists to meet with police today and come up with an alternative plan for the march.
Ultra-orthodox Jews continued to riot in protest over the weekend as they have every single night over the past week, lighting fires in the street, throwing stones, and vandalizing property.
Gay pride planners said they were open to changing the route of the parade so that it did not run through Jerusalem's city center, thus lessening the potential for protest and violence. Police were not sure if this would have any impact on reactions from the Jewish ultra-orthodox Haredim.Fundamentalist religion, of whatever stripe, is incompatible with a pluralistic, secular society.
*Okay, Hasidic Judaism is an 18th Century phenomenon, but superstition is superstition.
Posted by Jody at November 6, 2006 02:47 PM
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