Russia’s chief rabbi spoke out against the WorldPride 2006 gay parade to be held in Jerusalem on Nov. 10. Berel Lazar, speaking with the news agency Interfax, said that the parade was a public relations stunt, which is “dirty, insulting and indecent.”
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