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| Thursday, August 07, 2003 |
Holy matrimony in the Holy Land: Much has been made of whether or not a new Israeli law is racist. It prevents Palestinians who marry Israeli-Arabs from getting residency permits in Israel. That has raised the ire of human rights groups, who classify the law as "an extreme solution to a marginal phenomenon." Which marginal phenomenon? Well, apparently the law was passed because around 20 Palestinians with such permits took part in terror attacks, ferrying suicide bombers to their destinations.
But not all is bad in the world of wedded bliss over in Israel. If you happen to be gay in Tel Aviv, you're now able to cash in city discounts with your same-sex partner as hetero-married couples. Tel Aviv's queer community is celebrating this major step towards equality and integration into Israeli society. Traditionalists, like Jonathan Rosenblum of Am Echad, are lamenting, but worry not. Efforts are already being made to send the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy crew to Eretz Yisrael to scare the bejesus out of Rosenblum and company.
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