Israeli Court Supports LGBT Community Center
September 20, 2010
Last week, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled the city of Jerusalem is obligated to provided funding to the a local lesbian and gay community center, just as it funds other social institutions.
The decision comes after “years of homophobic refusal of City Hall to support the JOH and its activities (and) almost five years of legal struggle. The direct result of this groundbreaking ruling is that no official body within Jerusalem will be able to discriminate gays, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people as a policy.”
Of course the ruling was met with some criticism by those who don’t approve of the LGBT community, but the court’s ruling was aimed at making all citizens, regardless of personal beliefs equal, as they don’t view personal beliefs as a foundation for discrimination.
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