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"Infinite Love", the Jerusalem Pride and Tolerance March, will be held on June 26th at 4pm.
The Jerusalem Pride and Tolerance March will be making news this year through non-news. Contrary to previous years, the Jerusalem Open House (JOH) leadership does not expect any riots against the march, something that we unfortunately became accustomed to in the past.
Yonatan Gher, Executive Director of the JOH, speaks of the intensive work that the leaders of the JOH have accomplished over recent months in order to reduce tension and violence in the city: "We have met with many public leaders of the Ultra-Orthodox communities, to promote understanding and especially to prevent unnecessary violence in the city. The Pride and Tolerance March will be held in the center of Jerusalem, but its conduct will demonstrate our obligation to work together with the police and religious leaders in order to reduce the unfounded hatred in Jerusalem. The Pride and Tolerance March is a test-case for democracy and for the ability to accept ‘the other.’ We too will be judged by this test and, with the march demonstrating the respect that the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi and trans) community has for all groups that live in our city."
The march will set off from Independence Park (Gan Haatzmaut) on Agron Street, continuing along King David Street, down to Liberty Bell Park (Gan Hapaamon), where we will conclude with a rally. The rally will mark the LGBT community´s call for equal rights for its members, and will be aimed at promoting love and tolerance in Jerusalem.
We have seen some success and advancement in acceptance and the rights of same-sex partners in issues such as inheritance and adoption. Still, we are struggling for full acceptance of same-sex partners and the equality of such couples to their heterosexual homologues. This, along with the acceptance of the right of the LGBT community to live their lives according to their belief. Since 2002, this is what has led the JOH to hold the annual Pride and Tolerance March in Jerusalem.
The JOH works throughout the year, and especially via the Pride and Tolerance March, to transform Jerusalem into a city where all human beings will have the right to be true to themselves and live their life freely. The JOH helps hundreds of members of the lesbian, gay, bi and trans community in Jerusalem, working with Israelis, Palestinians, Jews, Christians, Muslims and all other people who may need our services.
The March will be held on June 26th, which is also the 39th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York, where the seeds for the LGBT equality movement were sown.
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The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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