Mutual tolerance on gay issues requires both extremes
Mutual tolerance on gay issues requires both extremes
- Jerusalem’s religious community is split. Some applauded Rabbi Yig’al Levinstein of the Eli pre-military academy for calling gays “perverts” and pressured Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat to skip the gay pride rally, while others proudly attended. Orthodox Jerusalemites prayed together before the march began, and some estimated as many as 20 percent to 25 percent of the 25,000 marchers were religious.
- Jerusalem’s religious community is split. Some applauded Rabbi Yig’al Levinstein of the Eli pre-military academy for calling gays “perverts” and pressured Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat to skip the gay pride rally, while others proudly attended. Orthodox Jerusalemites prayed together before the march began, and some estimated as many as 20 percent to 25 percent of the 25,000 marchers were religious.