Posted on 06/14/2007 12:48:41 PM PDT by Alouette
Hundreds of men, women take part in first ever pride parade in Haifa. 'We march for basic rights straights take for granted, like getting married' they say
Ahiya Raved Published: 06.14.07, 21:51 / Israel News
Living up to Haifa's slumbering-city reputation, the first ever gay pride parade held in the city was not as colorful or as loud as its Tel Aviv counterpart.
Some 300 men and women took part in Thursday's parade. Pride flags in hand, participants gathered in the city's Yafe Nof Street and marched down towards the Carmel's center.
Dozens of eyes were on the parade, belonging both to curious bystanders and to police forces, who secured the event with mass troops.
Prior to the parade's beginning, three haredim were arrested for attempting to provoke the gatherers.
"I think it's very important to hold such a parade in Haifa, so people would understand that gay men and women live outside of Tel Aviv as well," Hanna, one of the participants, told Ynet.
"Many people don't understand why we have to march. They think 'well, we don't go around shouting we're straight, do we?'.
"We march because we're still fighting for the basic rights they take for granted, like getting married and having a child together.
"The legal system in Israel is relatively progressive," she added, "so we're granted some rights. But nothing can be taken for granted."
"Everything was done at the last minute," said Uri Shmilovitz, one of the parade's organizers. "We had no money for advertising…considering most people heard about the parade by word of mouth, we've had a fairly good turnout."
"We're glad we could have this parade in Haifa – Israel's third largest city," he added.
Although police had no specific indication the parade might be disrupted, Brigadier General Ronny Atiya, commander of the police costal district, decided not to take any chances, and had 200 police officers secure the event.
Atiya also had horses and crowd-control devices standing by, in case things got out of hand.
The parade ended at Carmel's Ha'em garden, where participants released dozens of balloons to the sky, calling for a bigger gathering next year and for a mass turnout at the Jerusalem pride parade.
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Hey, they’re welcome to try. I don’t suppose any of these people ever asked as children “Mommy, how do you make a baby?”
This brings an intresting thought to my mind.
Liberals here in the United States are all for gay and lesbian rights. but when it comes to the middle east. They dont care about the gays and lesbians over there getting stoned and tortured ? They want us to give up on those people. How can they be so pro gay and pro women.. and want to abandon the Iraqis and forget about spreading freedon through the mid east ?
Try Gaza guys.
Then move to Massachusetts.
http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=1006453&format=text
...”and having a child together.”
And, just how do you propose to having a child together? Too many one liners come to mind.
Remember the stadium scene in ‘The Life of Brian’ where the one of the male members of the Judean People’s Front was whining about how he wanted to have a baby? This is just as idiotic.
I don't like the sound of that.
I don't like the way gays rear kids.
Poor little buggers that get adopted by gays... you know it's going to be painful in the end...
she added, “so we’re granted some rights. But nothing can be taken for granted.” ...Yes, nothing can be taken for granted like figuring out how two gays can have a baby...
The answer is very simple: being ‘pro-gay’ and ‘pro-woman’ is not their main commitment. nore even,really an important secondary commitment. Their main commitment is hatred of the Gospel and the Torah. Thus, here at home, they support anti-Christian, anti-Jewish positions on sexual morality and abortion, dressing them up as ‘pro’ by finding a group their position purportedly benefits, while in the Middle East they want the Muslims to have free run of the place because they, too are opposed to Christianity and Judaism.
JUDITH: Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?
LORETTA [formerly Stan]: I want to have babies.
REG: You want to have babies?!
LORETTA: It’s every man’s right to have babies if he wants them.
REG: But… you can’t have babies.
LORETTA: Don’t you oppress me.
REG: I’m not oppressing you, Stan. You haven’t got a womb! Where’s the foetus going to gestate?! You going to keep it in a box?!
LORETTA: [crying]
JUDITH: Here! I– I’ve got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can’t actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody’s fault, not even the Romans’, but that he can have the right to have babies.
FRANCIS: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to have babies, brother. Sister. Sorry.
REG: What’s the point?
FRANCIS: What?
REG: What’s the point of fighting for his right to have babies when he can’t have babies?!
FRANCIS: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
REG: Symbolic of his struggle against reality.
duh?
>>>”We march because we’re still fighting for the basic rights they take for granted, like having a child together.
From Monty Python's Life Of Brian
REG: Furthermore, it is the birthright of every man--
STAN: Or woman.
REG: Why don't you shut up about women, Stan. You're putting us off.
STAN: Women have a perfect right to play a part in our movement, Reg.
FRANCIS: Why are you always on about women, Stan?
STAN: I want to be one.
REG: What?
STAN: I want to be a woman. From now on, I want you all to call me 'Loretta'.
REG: What?!
LORETTA: It's my right as a man.
JUDITH: Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?
LORETTA: I want to have babies.
REG: You want to have babies?!
LORETTA: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them.
REG: But... you can't have babies.
LORETTA: Don't you oppress me.
REG: I'm not oppressing you, Stan. You haven't got a womb! Where's the foetus going to gestate?! You going to keep it in a box?!
LORETTA: [crying]
JUDITH: Here! I-- I've got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans', but that he can have the right to have babies.
FRANCIS: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to have babies, brother. Sister. Sorry.
REG: What's the point?
FRANCIS: What?
REG: What's the point of fighting for his right to have babies when he can't have babies?!
FRANCIS: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
REG: Symbolic of his struggle against reality.
How can they get 45-50% of Americans on their side if that is what they are about ? If it is all about being against jews and christians ?
is 45% of the country anti christian and anti israel ?
The same liberals champion the use of tax deferments and set asides to expand the construction of mosques in America, funded in part by the Saudis, while at the same time doing nothing to promote freedom of religion in the same nations that are sponsoring expansion of the intolerant faith among the West.
There are a lot of freedoms that are suppressed in the middle east. Only a few matter to liberals. Religion is not one of them.
Milk, milk, lemonade, pack all the fudge you want, but a baby won’t be made.
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