http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/956334.htmlLast update - 19:29 20/02/2008
Shas MK blames gays for recent earthquakes in the region
By Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
Tags: Shas, Israel, gays
Shas MK Shlomo Benizri blamed gays Wednesday for the earthquakes that have shaken the region in recent months, telling a Knesset plenum debate on local authorities' earthquake preparedness that government action on homosexuality would do much to prevent the tremors.
Benizri said the government should not make do with reinforcing buildings, but should instead pass less legislation that encourages homosexuality and other "perversions like adoptions by lesbian couples."
The ultra-Orthodox party MK invoked passages from the Talmud and the Gemarrah to support his claims.
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"Why do earthquakes happen?" said Benizri. "One of the reasons is the things to which the Knesset gives legitimacy, to sodomy."
"A cost-effective way of averting earthquake damage," he added, "would be to stop passing legislation on how to encourage homosexual activity in the State of Israel, which anyways causes earthquakes."
Mike Hammel, who chairs Israel's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association said in response that "religious MKs are apparently competing to see who can disparage [the gay] community more."
"This is a sad competition that shows how dark Shas MKs are," he said.
"On one had, it is said that a religious MK doesn't believe that earthquakes are caused by G-d," he added. "On the other hand, it is flattering that he attributes supernatural powers to us."
I also blame Shas for staying in secular govt which is about to return YERUSHALAYIM, and the head Olmert has a lesbian daughter. Shas is a bad messanger.