Every year the same …..

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Every year the same headline.
Every year, two gay parades are taking place:
one in Jerusalem and one in Tel Aviv.

Today, many people seem to acknowledge homosexuality as something "normal" but, on the other hand, many people ask themselves what happened or is going to happen with our society.

Religious Jews might criticize me for my opinion but I have to admit that I don't care what is going on in other people's bedroom. And when I am saying "bedroom", I mean "in private or privacy". And private means in one's home.

Why do homosexuals feel the need to show everyone that they are gay ? Heterosexuals don't walk around demonstrating in the streets in order to show what they are. These are the questions Israelis are asking at the moment. I spoke to some of them and not all were religious.

This coming Thursday afternoon, the Jerusalem Gay Parade is taking place. Usually every year, Haredim demonstrate before the whole event takes place in order to get the parade canceled. Especially last year, there were wild demonstrations in Mea Shearim and some policemen even beat up some Haredim. Last years' demonstrations were extremely violent and Haredim burnt their trash cans all over the place.

This year it is just the opposite. Nothing is happening except for a small demonstration last week organized by the anti – Zionist umbrella organization "Edah HaCharedit". To be honest, we already had been awaiting demonstrations but nothing is happening. The Edah doesn't say too much and the silence leaves room for speculations.
Did anyone buy off the Edah ? We give you something and you keep quiet ?

Has everyone given in and doesn't care anymore ?
Or is it simply the change of the route ?
The parade is due to start at the Independence Park, means in front of the American Consulate in Agron Street. It ends at Safra Square in front of the municipality. Far away from everything including the Ben Yehudah Mall.

American Haredim criticized their Israeli counterparts but we hardly hear any voices protesting from Mea Shearim. Except from Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, one of the leading rabbis of the Edah. However, new Fakshivilim (news posters) were hung up and they declare the parade and all its participants as "trefe – impure".

The "isur – prohibition" of male homosexuality is an isur deoraita (a biblical prohibition) and therefore severe. If anyone is asking about female homosexuality … I have to admit that no rabbi has given me an answer so far, as the Torah only mentions males. However, Judaism is a family oriented religion and the perfect family consists of a father and a mother (female and male), and not the same sexes.

As I mentioned before, I don't care what people do in private. Nevertheless, a gay parade should never take place in the Holy City of Jerusalem. Tel Aviv …. well, okay, if people want, but Jerusalem as the G – dly city has a special status.

The only thing gays cause by marching through Jerusalem is desecrating the name of G – d, and it has absolutely nothing to do with demanding equal rights for everyone. Just the opposite. The gays emphasize the "Davka – Effect" which means "I do it on purpose because it is G – d's city". There is just one thing they seem to forget: They don't even realize how ridiculous their appearance is in other peoples eyes. The only thought is showing G – d that He is "not the only one in charge". Obviously only then the gays seem to have a good sleep at night. "Wow, we were so great today".

Jerusalem is not Tel Aviv and it never will be. But maybe the gays would find more acceptance if they, on the other hand, showed more respect and could do without showing their ridiculous lifestyle to everyone else including G – d.