Nadene Goldfoot
This is a new day and age; Religious parties are strong supporters of the government and Gays are increasing in Israel as well as in other lands, found in governments, too.
In the wake of reports that lawmakers from the Religious Zionism party are planning to support legislation that could discriminate against members of the LGBTQ, it seems increasingly likely that Amir Ohana, an openly gay Knesset member, will be named the next speaker of the Knesset.
The National Religious party: The NRP was a Zionist party and stated that Israel was a "Jewish democratic state". The party's stated main goals were to contribute as much as it could to the state of Israel, and to influence its character to be more Jewish, as well as fighting for the protection of Israel and maintaining Israel's security.
Unlike the Kach party, the NRP did not promote the notion of Medinat Halacha (Halachic state), a theocracy run according to Jewish law. This idea was promoted by Meir Kahane. The party wanted to retain Israel's democratic chaos while improving the Israeli people. It aspired to encourage Jews to become better by acting as role models and teaching Judaism to other Israelis by example. The NRP demands that most Haredi men complete three years of mandatory military service.
The NRP emphasized national unity, and vowed to work as a bridge between the different parts of Israeli society.
Other religious parties are:
1. Shas-religious conservatism; Sephardi, Mizrahi, and Haredi interests
2. Religious Zionist Party-Bezalel Smotrich, leader
3. United Torah Judaism with:
a. Agudot Yisrael
b. Degel Ha-Torah
4. Noam: Religious Zionism and Conservatism
Even Israel has gay people. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Israel are considered the most developed in the Middle East. Although same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1988, the former law against sodomy had not been enforced since a court decision in 1963.
Israel became the first country in Asia to recognize unregistered cohabitation between same-sex couples, making it the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex unions in any capacity. Although same-sex marriages are not performed in the country (as it does not have civil non-religious marriages), Israel recognizes same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.
Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation was prohibited in 1992. Same-sex couples are allowed to jointly adopt, following a landmark court decision in 2008. Previously, stepchild adoption, as well as limited co-guardianship rights for non-biological parents, were permitted. LGBT people are also allowed to serve openly in the military.
Tel Aviv was referred to by the Calgary Herald as one of the most gay-friendly cities in the world, famous for its annual Pride parade and gay beach, earning it the nickname "the gay capital of the Middle East" by Out magazine. According to users of the website GayCities, it was ranked as the best gay city in 2011, despite reports of some anti-LGBT violence during the 2000s, which were criticized by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres. A monument dedicated to the gay victims of the Holocaust was erected in Tel Aviv in 2014. Opinion polls have found that a majority of Israelis support the legalization of same-sex marriage, as well as adoption and surrogacy rights for same-sex couples. During International Pride Month on 21 June 2020, Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality announced that same-sex couples would have exactly the same rights as opposite-sex marriages there, with this being provided by the municipality. Marriages inside the municipality will be legally recognized as others.
Were there gays during Cave Man days? The earliest known examples of Neanderthal-like fossils are around 430,000 years old. The best-known Neanderthals lived between about 130,000 and 40,000 years ago, after which all physical evidence of them vanishes. They had no idea of the dangers that lurked.
If younger Americans continue to come out at increasing rates, the proportion of LGBTQ adults will exceed 10%
in the future. Their % has doubled in the past decade.
Today's Jews in Israel have seen it all, and know that the near
future shows some fearful things:
Iran and an atom bomb, attacks from Syria, Iraq, Russia, China,
and the End of Times and oh yes, overcrowding in Israel proper. To have a
house with a yard, one needs to go outside the line. Otherwise, all live in
apartment buildings, maybe with a merepeset (balcony).
It seems that more and more people are being born as gay. Is this
happening because we are nearing the End of Times? Running out of room,
water, food, patience, gaining viruses, bacterium?
We have gained many benefits such as coffee makers, cars, washing machine
years of life but still have warring going on. Women are now supplementing
the men in these wars, like the old Scandinavian women used to do.
Cities near Jerusalem, Israel but are outside the boundary: Ariel is 37 minutes from Tel Aviv by car.
Resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Religious_Party#:~:text=The%20NRP%20was%20a%20Zionist,Israel%20and%20maintaining%20Israel's%20security.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Israel
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/percentage-lgbtq-adults-us-doubled-decade-gallup-finds-rcna16556
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442596/
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