Shimon Peres sided with religious activists in opposing a gay parade planned for Jerusalem. Israel’s vice premier said in a statement Tuesday that Jerusalem WorldPride 2005, scheduled for August, “is inappropriate as Jerusalem is the center of three faiths, and such an event could offend the sensibilities of religious people the world over.”
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