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The Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, last year (Uri Lenz / BauBau) Last update - 23:20 04/06/2008 Religious MKs promote bill to ban Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade By Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Jerusalem, Gay Pride Parade  A group of MKs, mostly religious, decided on Wednesday to promote an amendment to the Jerusalem Basic Law that would ban the Gay Pride Parade from taking place in the city. The lawmakers decided to sign a petition addressed to the chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Menahem Ben Sasson, urging him to advance the bill that was submitted last year, yielding little progress since. National Religious Party-National Union MK Eliyahu Gabbay, who initiated the amendment, said: "It is unacceptable that Ben-Sasson stalls decisions that were made in a democratic procedure. It is an anti-democratic move. Personal considerations should stay away from the democratic process." Advertisement They also decided to protest the parade by holding ten mass demonstrations across the capital on the day it is due to take place. National Union faction whip MK Uri Ariel said that "the majority of Jerusalemites find the Pride Parade intolerable, and it shouldn't take place anywhere. But at least leave Jerusalem alone." The group also decided to ask the police to ban the parade, saying it would infringe on the public order. Related articles: Knesset advances bill to make Jerusalem capital of the Jewish people Out of the closet, into the center: Tel Aviv's first gay community center opens its doors Some 3,500 march in gay pride parade in Jerusalem Bookmark to del.icio.us   Gilad's tale VIDEO: U.S. kids read abducted soldier's story of co-existence. Leaving Torah behind Study finds religion is not very important to American Jews.   1.   Democracy 20:38  |  Sar Chasm 04/06/08   2.   For the sake of peace! 20:56  |  Binyamin Dissen 04/06/08   3.   To Sar: Preventing a Parade is not Tyrrany 21:13  |  Tom 04/06/08   4.   jerusalem 21:16  |  fish 04/06/08   5.   # 2 binyamin 22:00  |  Axel 04/06/08   6.   #2 - No suprises for the ignorant comment 22:13  |  Kyle 04/06/08   7.   10% of the population are gay 22:31  |  Miche Norman 04/06/08   8.   Democracy and minority rights 22:33  |  Axel 04/06/08   9.   Law will be shot down in Supreme Court 23:32  |  Slibovitz 04/06/08   10.   Gays live in Israel`s capital 23:36  |  Slibovitz 04/06/08   11.   Parade avoids religious areas, holy sites 00:07  |  Slibovitz 05/06/08   12.   Show how free Israel is in an oppressive region, a light 00:13  |  NYC Catholic 05/06/08   13.   First ban them, then hang them 01:51  |  JJ 05/06/08   14.   Jerusalem is the perfect place for the parade! 09:53  |  ACE 05/06/08   15.   Jerusalem is the perfect place for the parade2 09:58  |  ACE 05/06/08   16.   Pride = peace ! 23:50  |  Manco 06/06/08   17.   UNFORTUNATELY THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS OF DARKNESS THAT MERT 18:10  |  glenna 25/06/08

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