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An ultra-Orthodox man in J'lem Sunday reading posters calling for a demonstration against the upcoming Gay Pride parade. (Tess Scheflan/BauBau) Last update - 23:26 10/06/2007 Haredi court places curse on upcoming Jerusalem Gay Pride parade By Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondent The ultra-Orthodox rabbinical court, Haredi Badatz, placed a "curse" Sunday on the participants in the upcoming Gay Pride parade scheduled to take place next week in Jerusalem. The court also cursed the police officers who will be maintaining order during the parade. Badatz rabbis plastered warning posters on Jerusalem city walls saying "All those involved in the matter, those of impure souls and those helping them and guarding them, they will feel in their souls a curse, a bad spirit will come over them and haunt them, they will never be cleansed of their sins, from the judgment of God, in their bodies, their souls and their finances." Advertisement The ultra-Orthodox leaders plan to stage a "large demonstration which will shake the foundations for the sake of Jerusalem's holiness." The demonstration will likely take place next week, but the warning posters disseminated Sunday afternoon are perceived by the ultra-Orthodox community as a green light to begin protests even sooner. The rabbis decided to try to bring about the cancellation of the parade through protest after their "diplomatic efforts" to negotiate the cancellation with the Jerusalem police failed. The leader of the Haredi community, Rabbi Izhak Tuvia Weiss told the police that he was opposed to mass demonstrations, and asked senior police officials to rescind the authorization it had given to the gay and lesbian community to hold its Gay Pride parade in the streets of Jerusalem. According to some Haredi officials, Rabbi Weiss was disappointed by the meeting he had last week at his home with the chief of the Jerusalem district police force, Major General Aharon Franco, who refused to cancel the parade. In the wake of his diplomatic failure, Rabbi Weiss agreed to join the more militant members of the community in supporting the mass demonstration against the parade. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Death of a heroine Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jews during the Holocaust, dies at 98. Apocalyptic tidings Holy See warns of nightmarish perils if Mideast nuclear arms race is not halted.   1.   Jerusalem homo-rein? 00:06  |  Mark B. 11/06/07   2.   OMG! The Kharedim literally do the will of the satan! 00:10  |  -- 11/06/07   3.   From a secular london jew 00:11  |  rich 11/06/07   4.   A Kabbalistic "Segula" for human rights and personal freedoms 00:25  |  -- 11/06/07   5.   ABOUT TIME REAL CURSES FELL ON THE DESTROYERS OF THE HOLY LAND 00:39  |  A Real Goy 11/06/07   6.   GAYS MAY GET KILLED!!! 01:11  |  RIMON KAHANISTI 11/06/07   7.   gay parade, have it elsewhere 01:53  |  Jack 11/06/07   8.   Curse 01:58  |  David 11/06/07   9.   jack 02:29  |  alan 11/06/07   10.   Jack 02:30  |  David 11/06/07   11.   No. 3 Jack, idiotic post 02:54  |  Mitch Cohen 11/06/07   12.   Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel 03:12  |  AV 11/06/07   13.   They only hate it because God said it to be an abomination 03:24  |  Selah 11/06/07   14.   Jack 03:35  |  David 11/06/07   15.   Selah 03:42  |  David 11/06/07   16.   God doesnt forbid homosexuality. Homosexuality is fine. 03:50  |  AV 11/06/07   17.   Curses 03:56  |  The Golem 11/06/07   18.   Someone is crying, pleading for God`s mercy. 04:22  |  Sh`ma 11/06/07   19.   Hummmmmm ooba dooba looo!!! 04:41  |  Bill 11/06/07   20.   where is the selnt majority? ,,,,, 04:53  |  alan 11/06/07   21.   mitch cohen NYC 05:03  |  Jack 11/06/07   22.   Why don`t they curse the Iranian regime instead? 05:49  |  Fortuna Benmayor 11/06/07   23.   Gays deserve human rights. Period. 06:11  |  Hal 11/06/07   24.   curses and power 06:17  |  orianna 11/06/07   25.   Jack, you hypocrite! 06:19  |  Joe 11/06/07   26.   Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, whatever 06:33  |  Janice 11/06/07   27.   Selah, does God talk to you? 06:59  |  Ira 11/06/07   28.   Curses and Really Cool Hats! 07:19  |  Steve 11/06/07   29.   Homosexuals and Lesbians ARE Jews. 09:31  |  Timothy 11/06/07   30.   Why invoke democracy? 10:19  |  HH 11/06/07   31.   Curse removed - thanks Bill!! 11:53  |  Frank 11/06/07   32.   # 27 Ira, Yes, God talks to me, constantly. God talks to everyone 13:00  |  Selah 11/06/07   33.   # 23 Hal, Should they have the "right" to force their views and 13:10  |  Selah 11/06/07   34.   # 29 Timothy, good post! I just wish these other things came 13:23  |  Selah 11/06/07   35.   Stop American support of Israel 13:55  |  boybackhome 11/06/07   36.   Haredim dont have to have gay sex if they dont want to. But! 15:47  |  Hal 11/06/07   37.   If you think you might accidentally have gay sex, you have issues 15:50  |  Hal 11/06/07   38.   God bless them; absolutely. However, a persons denial or 20:13  |  their cause for HR 11/06/07   39.   And furthermore (#38) I think the likelyhood of this little boy 21:22  |  Selah 11/06/07   40.   No! Allan #9, you are wrong! 23:19  |  Rebecca 11/06/07   41.   One last thought; Gay IS a CHOICE. 02:42  |  Selah 12/06/07   42.   I`m a gay Jew... 21:08  |  Aron 13/06/07   43.   Scared of curses--and not sins??? 23:55  |  Yaakov 13/06/07   44.   Homosexuality a SIN 02:59  |  Benjamin 15/06/07   45.   No wonder Hamas is successful 10:53  |  Ari 17/06/07   46.   I HAVE 2 WORDS!!! 23:32  |  JORDAN 30/01/08   47.   Jerusalem 01:39  |  Joelle 13/05/08

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