tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post8765590454185927976..comments2023-09-30T08:07:26.165-04:00Comments on Mystical Politics: Today's Gay Pride March in JerusalemRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-65496664140113406822009-07-05T01:11:42.463-04:002009-07-05T01:11:42.463-04:00that's interesting - I'm glad that it'...that's interesting - I'm glad that it's led to a reduction in the counter-demonstrations.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-39025585428932384302009-07-04T17:13:45.387-04:002009-07-04T17:13:45.387-04:00The Haredi counter demonstrations took place only ...The Haredi counter demonstrations took place only for a year or two (the last time there was the stabbing incident). One take on this that I was told by a volunteer on the male rape crisis line, is that the counter-demos backfired on the Haredi community, because it raised consciousness amongst their closeted members that there is a gay-religious community out there. So they prefer to ignore it and hope it goes away.robolionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528247302783118976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-23300178092503738832009-06-26T08:11:23.859-04:002009-06-26T08:11:23.859-04:00It was a lot of fun. I wish we could have met the...It was a lot of fun. I wish we could have met there, but I think we were in different areas; I was near the balloon arch the entire time. The rally was great; I really liked the music. I don't know much hebrew so I didn't understand the speeches, but I could tell they were good. I saw Yotam, the volunteer coordinator at the Open House (my boss for the month), but we only had time for brief hellos because he was so busy. <br /><br />Overall, it was a lot of fun, and I'm glad I went.UnknownWarrior33https://www.blogger.com/profile/04271156289845535572noreply@blogger.com