Gays cancel Israel parade, hold rally in stadium

[Ian David]

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's homosexual community braved vehement opposition from religious fundamentalists and held a large rally Friday in Jerusalem, complete with live rock music, dancing and declarations of pride.

The event - originally planned as a march through the city - was held behind fences at a university sports stadium on the city's outskirts after organizers bowed to police fears of violent protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews. Nearly 4,000 people flocked to the stadium, about the same number as attended last year's gay pride march in the city, where Jewish, Muslim and Christian opposition to the events runs high.

Participants were mainly dressed in regular street clothes, making it a far more staid affair than gay pride events in the more permissive city of Tel Aviv.

Five protesters, some of them armed with knives and batons, were arrested.

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[eauclaireliberal]

1. RE: Gays cancel Israel parade, hold rally in stadium

<i>Oh beautiful, for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!</i>

Wow for a moment there I thought that we were going to be annexed into USrael. Sounds like the other way around.

[Ian David]

2. Huh? n/t