Now It's OK To Discriminate Against SOME Gays?
Let me see if I have this straight, no pun intended...
If you are gay, you should be allowed to participate in anything a straight person is able to participate in?
Yes...UNLESS you're one of those dreaded Israeli Gays!
Madrid gay pride march bans Israelis over Gaza flotilla raids
A delegation of gay residents of Tel Aviv has been banned from joining a gay pride march in Madrid because authorities in the Israeli city have not condemned the recent attack on the Gaza flotilla.
"After what has happened, and as human rights campaigners, it seemed barbaric to us to have them taking part," explained Antonio Poveda, of Spain's Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transexuals and Bisexuals. "We don't just defend out own little patch."
The Tel Aviv group have reacted angrily to the decision, claiming that the Madrid activists were getting their priorities wrong by mixing the nine flotilla deaths with gay pride.
"I cannot recall anyone asking the Tel Aviv city hall to either support or condemn in this case. That is not their job. I also don't recall Madrid's gay organisations condemning any of the Palestinian terrorist attacks on cafes or buses," Eytan Schwartz, a spokesman for the city told Spain's El Mundo newspaper.
"Don't they know that Islamist fundamentalists don't just want to finish off Israel, but that they also believe homosexuals should 'cure themselves' or die?"
"It is shameful that they should join with pro-Palestinian and fundamentalist groups which are not exactly tolerant with homosexuality," he said.
"Why do they mix politics with a gay pride procession? We were invited as an apolitical association and we do not represent the government," Mike Hamel, one of the Israeli invitees, said.
So there it is. The organizers just made a total generalization about this group of gays based on where they are from.
So here's something I've been afraid to say, but now Antonio Poveda, of Spain's Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transexuals and Bisexuals has made it acceptable...
I'm fine with the Los Angeles Gays, they are great people, but I can't stand those San Francisco Gays!
And Lesbians don't count everyone loves hot Lesbians...
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