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Gays And Earthquakes

By The Daily Dish
Feb 21 2008, 9:23 AM ET

[Patrick Appel]

I tried to think of something clever to say about this, but it's so ridiculous there just isn't anything to add:

An Israeli MP has blamed parliament's tolerance of gays for earthquakes that have rocked the Holy Land recently.

Shlomo Benizri, of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party, said the tremors had been caused by lawmaking that gave "legitimacy to sodomy".[...]

He called on lawmakers to stop "passing legislation on how to encourage homosexual activity in the state of Israel, which anyway brings about earthquakes."



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