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Several thousand take part in Jerusalem Gay Pride
Remind me: how did the Gay Pride parade in Riyadh go?
JERUSALEM - About 2,000 people gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday for the annual Gay Pride parade which in the past had been the focus of violent controversy in the Holy City. Surrounded by about the same number of police, the marchers set off for kilometer-long (0.6-mile) parade in central Jerusalem, holding aloft rainbow banners.

"We want this parade to go ahead without violence," said Yonathan Leibowicz, of the Jerusalem Open House organisation that organised the event. "We reached an agreement with religious authorities to have a low-key demonstration so as not to shock people," he said.

Israel's Supreme Court earlier this week rejected a petition by a group of hardline Jewish activists who wanted the parade banned saying it was a "provocation" to hold it in this deeply religious city.
Posted by: Steve White 2008-06-27
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