Source: The Jerusalem Post
On April 19, 2005 The Jerusalem Post reported, "Religious leaders from the three major non-orthodox streams of Judaism joined forces with Jerusalem's Gay and Lesbian center on Tuesday in support of a major international gay parade scheduled to take place in Jerusalem this summer, calling the controversial event 'a basic democratic right.' The rare show of unity among conservative (masorti), reform, and reconstructionalist Rabbis in favor of the parade came on the heels of a similarly unusual alliance of senior religious leaders of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam based in Jerusalem who have come out vociferously against the 10-day event, which they view as a deliberate affront and provocation to millions of believers around the world."