Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Schools in Israel hold impromptu tolerance classes after education minister says being gay is not ‘natural’
Minister Rafi Peretz – who is also head of the Jewish Home party and a former chief rabbi in Israel’s Defence Forces – made the comments in an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth.
Asked how he would respond if one of his own children came out as gay, he replied: “Thank God my kids grew up in a healthy and natural way… They’re building their families from Jewish values.”
He added later in the interview: “A normal family is as man and a woman… [We] don’t need to [be] ashamed that we live in this natural way.
I think the schools did the right thing and judging by the kids comments they absolutely get it. The bigot is still in position though. What damage can he do ?
Minister Rafi Peretz – who is also head of the Jewish Home party and a former chief rabbi in Israel’s Defence Forces – made the comments in an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth.
Asked how he would respond if one of his own children came out as gay, he replied: “Thank God my kids grew up in a healthy and natural way… They’re building their families from Jewish values.”
He added later in the interview: “A normal family is as man and a woman… [We] don’t need to [be] ashamed that we live in this natural way.
I think the schools did the right thing and judging by the kids comments they absolutely get it. The bigot is still in position though. What damage can he do ?