Israeli ultra-Orthodox MP blames gays for earthquakes

Israeli ultra-Orthodox MP blames gays for earthquakes

JERUSALEM -- A Jewish ultra-Orthodox MP on Wednesday blamed homosexuals for a recent earthquake that struck Israel and the region.

Speaking at a parliamentary committee on the country's preparedness for quakes, Shas MP Shlomo Benizri lashed out at homosexuality, considered an abomination under Jewish law and in its religious text, the Gemara.

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Reading his basis on this, I find it hard to see the connection.
Unless of course, he is just joking?

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Is this guy for real? I 'spose his next suggestion will be to throw virgins into a volcano so it doesn't erupt.....

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