(JEWISH GROUP) Rome Pride bars Jewish LGBT group for not 'distancing itself' from Gaza 'genocide'

[Behind the Aegis]

Tarantino)
Rome Pride said Monday it had barred Italy’s only Jewish LGBTQ group from operating a float at its annual parade, saying Keshet failed to “distance itself” from what organizers called an “ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

Groups that want to be formally recognized in the parade with a float must sign onto Rome Pride’s political platform, which includes a condemnation of the “genocide in Gaza.”

In an apparent attempt to reconcile with the policy, Keshet Italia issued a statement earlier this month that lamented the suffering of Palestinians, while insisting that it did not feel comfortable characterizing Israel’s war as a genocide.

Rome Pride organizers met with representatives from Keshet Italia and Keshet Europe earlier this week and subsequently issued a statement saying that “the conditions” did not exist for the Jewish groups to march with a float in the June 20 parade.

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Bigots!

[Bluestocking]

1. The only group that is not anti semetic

Are Jews. It’s okay, we’re used to it.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. What?

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Care to explain?

[lapucelle]

4. I'm breathlessly awaiting for the imposition of a participation condition calling for the condemnation

of any and all theocratic autocracies that have been and continue to actively genocide members of the LGBTQ community.

In twelve such countries, same-sex relations carry a potential death sentence. These include Iran, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Afghanistan, Mauritania, Yemen, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and regions in Nigeria and Somalia.

And of course, the Gaza Ministry of Justice enforces an ultra-conservative interpretation of religious law which prescribes arbitrary arrest and institutionalized torture for those suspected of being gay.

Israel's Gay Pride Parade takes place on June 12. Hopefully they will invite Keshet Italia to participate as honored guests.