Posted on 11/09/2006 5:29:52 AM PST by Esther Ruth
Decision Due on Gay Parade 13:05 Nov 09, '06 / 18 Cheshvan 5767 by Hana Levi Julian
The High Court of Justice will hand down its decision Thursday on whether to allow homosexual activists to march in Jerusalem Friday amid worldwide protests from religious leaders and demonstrators.
A panel of three justices that included Supreme Court President Dorit Benisch, Deputy President Eliezer Rivlin and Ayala Procaccia heard arguments from four petitioners yesterday who filed requests to block the parade.
Rabbi Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, head of the ZAKA organization, the Chief Rabbi of Rehovot, Rabbi Simcha HaCohen Kook, Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Eli Yishai, head of the Shas party and right-wing activist Baruch Marzel all filed petitions with the court. Rabbi Kook burst into tears during the proceedings.
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For the sake of Jerusalem, DON'T LET THEM MARCH!!! Don't defile the Holy City by allowing these perverts to march!
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Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupoliansky told reporters last night that he personally opposes the parade, but added that police will be able to protect the marchers if they go ahead with the event.
The leader of Jerusalem’s Eida Hareidit Rabbinical Court, Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, has contacted hareidi-Orthodox leaders affiliated with the Satmar Hassidic sect in New York City to coordinate overseas protests.
It was decided that on Thursday at 3:30pm (NY Time), a protest will be held outside the Israeli Consulate on 42nd Street in Manhattan which is expected to draw tens of thousands.
Satmar, based in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, is affiliated with the Eida Hareidit and is considered the largest hassidic sect in the world, numbering over 120,000.
The Vatican on Wednesday night released a statement, calling on Israel to rethink permitting the gay parade.
The Vatican stated permitting the parade will be an affront to all three religions -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – and called on Israel to limit freedom of speech to that which is correct.
And again, they have to have to whine to get their way and flaunt it in decent people's faces. Funny, there's never a straight parade.
Can they hold this march in East Jerusalem, Gaza perhaps.
I'm sure Hamas would welcome them with open arms.
There have been protests in the streets of Jerusalem for days now and talk of a million man march to counter it tomorrow.
They will not be marching in the streets.
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