Friday, June 9, 2006
Jack Gilbert, former president of the World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender Jews, says: “The boycotters aren’t interested in the violent and degrading homophobia in the Palestinian Authority, or in creating understanding between cultures. They’re interested in bashing Israel. Their campaign is anti-Semitic in content and homophobic in effect.”
Outrage’s Peter Tatchell called the idea a “a tragic betrayal” ... “For all its faults, the Israeli state does not jail and torture [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people] because of their sexuality. The Palestinian state does. We find it shocking that much of the Left is silent about this violent victimisation of Palestinian queers."
I used to think that progressive feminists would be the ones to put a stop to the Left-Islamist alliance that has turned "liberal" politics into a sick and tragic joke. It hasn't happened. Instead, I'm proud to see that it is, in fact, gays and lesbians who are taking a stand against the accomodation of Muslim radicalism. In light of recent events in Washington, I think it would be fittingly ironic if queer people turn out to be major players in the fight to save the West from militant Islam and radical multiculturalism.
Queer people, atheists and the Pope. Let's roll!
When an atheist and a pope think the same things