Mask of Shame

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man wears a surgical mask during a right wing protest against the Gay Pride parade in Tel-Aviv on 6 June 2008.

The parade of debauchery, not freedom, has been taking place every year in the city since 1998 and is considered in Palestine as extremely unacceptable.

Most societies consider homosexuality not just a crime, but a form of mental illness, as well as an offense against God.
A participant (R) in Tel Aviv’s Gay Pride Parade and a right wing religious Jew protester (L) get involved in a scuffle.

Not just among the Jewish population in Palestine with regards to this parade, but in the United States where homosexuality is rampant and it was reported, that immigrants from other countries, because this behavior is unacceptable in the home country, are coming to the U.S. where they feel they will be more accepted in main stream society.

For a little time, their has been a campaign of sorts, in an attempt to make Americans believe this type of behavior is acceptable.

Furthermore, the aging argument that this behavior is an alternative lifestyle, it is not.