JERUSALEM, Israel: Jerusalem's Mayor says he will forgo the city's annual gay pride parade because it is offensive to religious residents.
Nir Barkat says in an interview published today that the gay community has the right to march but that the pride event is also "troublesome" to others in the city.
Thursday's march will be heavily secured after an extremist ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed revelers at last year's parade, killing a 16 year old girl and wounding seven people.
Rich in religious history and tradition, Jerusalem holds a modest gay pride parade annually, in contrast to the raucous event in the liberal city of Tel Aviv, which this year drew some 200,000 people.
Nir Barkat says in an interview published today that the gay community has the right to march but that the pride event is also "troublesome" to others in the city.
Thursday's march will be heavily secured after an extremist ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed revelers at last year's parade, killing a 16 year old girl and wounding seven people.
Rich in religious history and tradition, Jerusalem holds a modest gay pride parade annually, in contrast to the raucous event in the liberal city of Tel Aviv, which this year drew some 200,000 people.
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