Gay Jerusalem
Here's a rare victory for the forces of reason and humanity:
Of related interest is this Wikipedia entry on Adelphopoiesis, an ancient Greek Orthodox rite for the 'making of brothers'. This tradition, long since fallen into disuse has been recently described by Yale historian John Boswell. Dr Boswell is accused of dodgy scholarship in the interests of normalizing gay marriage within the Christian tradition.
Jerusalem officially registered its first homosexual couple as married Monday, three months after a ruling by the High Court of Justice paved the way for same-sex couples to be listed in the Interior Ministry's Population Registry.Israel thus leads such 'progressive' nations as France, Sweden, the UK and Australia in extending recognition to same-sex marriages.
Of related interest is this Wikipedia entry on Adelphopoiesis, an ancient Greek Orthodox rite for the 'making of brothers'. This tradition, long since fallen into disuse has been recently described by Yale historian John Boswell. Dr Boswell is accused of dodgy scholarship in the interests of normalizing gay marriage within the Christian tradition.
- sheikh X at 8:48 PM
4 Comments:
i don't love my brother in that way
i guess what really matters at this point is: what do the saudis have to say about all of this.
well i think that it is great that the court defends the rights of man when democracy fails to do its job! if it weren't for the enlightened judiciary we would all be in the hands of the mob and public will would prevail to the detriment of us all. vive la revolution!
Quite astounding that the local holy men didn't manage to prevent this. They could have thrown rocks (or fur caps, for ethnic flavor) at the couple.
There was a great story a few years ago about some yeshiva boys who threw shit at women praying in group at the Wailing Wall. They didn't like women praying that way and and let it be known in this interesting way. Since they make a point that everything they do is traditional, I have no doubt some sage had already ruled when is it permitted (or even required) to throw excrements at women, nor do I doubt the excrement-throwing was done according to the halakha.
Each had brought the excrements (allegedly personal contributions) in plastic bags. It makes you wonder what goes on in the head of someone who packs shit before leaving the house.
It wasn't clear whether there was urine too in the boys' plastic bags, but most likely there was, otherwise they would have had to use some sieve to separate the excrements from the urine. Of course, this is just speculation, not all questions have been answered as far as their precise materials and methods were.
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