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From the new improved website, the WorldPride schedule as of today.
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Here's a link you may all want to see (credit to shape5 for finding out about it and letting me know). It seems that Jerusalem's only GLBT bar is now a target.

What do you all think, does this have a connection to the World Pride events?

[EDIT] The story in Hebrew as well. Not exactly the same text and some of the replies are delightful ( Read more... )

So, what has ahppened since, umm, yesterday, you ask?

The following:

Fear and Loathing in Jerusalem - The Advocate - April 4th

WorldPride mentioned in This Week in God on The Daily Show!

Download: link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4Yes, I know the sound is out of synch. If anyone knows how to cut the clip without this happening, I will be one happy ( Read more... )

Thought I'd do this by topic this time.

Support and Endorsements

JEWISH RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVMENT BACKS JERUSALEM WORLDPRIDE 2005 - theRRA.org - March 31st (pdf file)

REFORM JEWISH MOVEMENT ENDORSES JERUSALEM WORLDPRIDE 2005, URGES ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ENABLE ITS GOING FORWARD - URJ.org - April 15

Coverage of the HRC voicing concern over the ( Read more... )

If you go check out some of the articles posted to worldpride2005, you'll see that there has been a lot of objection to holding the World Pride events in Jerusalem.

I'm gonna take it from the top and promise to be as concise and clear about it as I can be. Let's go over this together, shall we?

( Why do we have to have Gay Pride Parades anyway? )

Hi everyone!

This is just a small stop in the middle of the (Israeli) night to point you to this ongoing debate and to ask you to read it and have a say, if you feel like it. In case we forget why this issue really does matter, beyond the pure fun that World Pride should (and I'm sure will) be...

The WP debate at IsraelForum

Conservatives try to stop WorldPride event - 17 March, 2005 - uk.gay.com

CHRISTIANS, JEWS SLAM JERUSALEM GAY FEST - 3/17/05 - OutinDetroit

American Evangelicals Condemn Jerusalem Gay Festival - March 20, 2005 - Men's News Daily

Christian Group Runs Petition Drive to Stop WorldPride 2005; Leader Believes Homosexual Pride Event Would Desecrate Jerusalem ( Read more... )

Holiness and WorldPrideBy JERRY LEVINSON ( Read more... )

Religion News - Christians, Jews unite to oppose gay festival in Jerusalem - Washington Blade

Jerusalem: an open house?
By HAGAI EL-AD

Five months from now, thousands of people from all over the world are ( Read more... )

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