Gay vs. Orthodox: Israel's Culture War Turns Deadly - TIME

Time by Matthew Kalman | Aug. 3, 2009 (News Report)

Israeli police launched a citywide manhunt through Tel Aviv for the masked, black-clad gunman who opened fire with a pistol at a gay youth club on Saturday night, Aug. 1, killing two and wounding 15 more. While the authorities have been careful not to speculate on a motive for the crime, the city's stunned gay community was not hesitant about assigning blame for the atmosphere they believe was conducive to the crime. Pointing to Orthodox Jewish ... Full Story »

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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug. 3, 2009

Hatred breed by religious intolerance is as bad as it gets; hate crime is bad enough with out religion adding fuel to the fire.

But the Tel Aviv that is the epitome of Israeli gay rights is only a short bus ride from one of the more inflexible Orthodox communities in the country, Bnei Brak. And in all matters connected to religion, gay rights are considered subservient to traditional Jewish teaching, in which male homosexuality is outlawed and lesbians simply do not exist.

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