"Gays Shook My World" Says Israeli MP
Ok, that’s not quite true. Shlomo Benizri, of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas party, actually said:
[We should stop] passing legislation on how to encourage homosexual activity in the state of Israel, which anyway brings about earthquakes…
We are looking for earthly solutions, how to prevent them… I have another way to prevent earthquakes. The Gemara says that one of the reasons earthquakes happen - which the Knesset (parliament) legitimises - is homosexuality.
God says you shake your genitals where you are not supposed to and I will shake my world in order to wake you up.
Erm… so if earthquakes are the fault of the gays, what happened to the whole tectonic plates thing? Or did Shlomo Benizri just skip basic geography, and headed straight to the bigoted religious nut class?
And if his conclusion is indeed true, why are those countries who offer gay marriage/civil partnerships not experiencing earthquakes to a far greater extent than Israel who is merely recognising them? Or is that just too much like logic?
In other news, Iain Dale promises to avoid shaking his genitals in future. Something I think we can all be thankful for.
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