{"id":3075,"date":"2007-06-06T01:15:05","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T05:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=3075"},"modified":"2019-06-27T16:56:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T22:56:04","slug":"gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Israel Today<\/em><br \/>\nby Ryan Jones<\/p>\n<p><em>You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.<\/em> Leviticus 18:22<\/p>\n<p>In its quest to resemble the nations of the world, Israel is rushing headlong to join an increasingly humanistic global community in tossing aside this, along with most every other, divine prohibition.<\/p>\n<p>And it is going far beyond sanctioning gay &#8220;pride&#8221; parades and recognizing homosexual marriages, both of which are already old news in Israel. The gay community is now poised to transform Israel into one of the world&#8217;s premier homosexual vacation spots, and make its mark on Israeli politics as well.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks to Israel Today, a spokesman for Israel&#8217;s Ministry of Tourism vehemently denied any official participation in a new gay tourism campaign featured prominently last week in Israel&#8217;s largest daily newspaper, but stressed that if requested, the gay community would receive the same assistance in attracting visitors as any other sector of society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We treat [the gay community] like we treat any other group that comes to us and asks for help &#8230; we helped them as much as we can,&#8221; said spokesman Amatzia Bar-Moshe. &#8220;We won&#8217;t say anything about [gay tourists] coming, just like we won&#8217;t say anything against Christian tourists.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100606080614\/http:\/\/www.israeltoday.co.il:80\/default.aspx?tabid=128&amp;view=item&amp;idx=1406\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Click here to read the rest of this article.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/homosexuality.htm\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">More information on homosexuality.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090215160048\/http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com:80\/blog\/index.php?p=329&amp;more=1&amp;c=1\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Ted Haggard Story Will Raise Serious Questions for All<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071009020749\/http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/index.php?p=503&amp;more=1&amp;c=1\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>The Dirty Little Secret About Many Online Christian Bookstores<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090223151515\/http:\/\/lighthousetrailsresearch.com:80\/blog\/index.php?p=517&amp;more=1&amp;c=1\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Signs of the Times &#8211; A Gay Bible<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Israel Today by Ryan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-signs-of-the-times","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Israel Today by Ryan...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-06-06T05:15:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-27T22:56:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Miscellaneous News Source\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Miscellaneous News Source\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\"},\"headline\":\"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-06-06T05:15:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-27T22:56:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":252,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"SIGNS OF THE TIMES\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel - From the Lighthouse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-06-06T05:15:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-27T22:56:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"From the Lighthouse\",\"description\":\"&quot;A Light Shining in the Darkness&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\",\"name\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/misc\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel - From the Lighthouse","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel","og_description":"\u00a0 Israel Today by Ryan...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/","og_site_name":"From the Lighthouse","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch","article_published_time":"2007-06-06T05:15:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-06-27T22:56:04+00:00","author":"Miscellaneous News Source","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@LTrails","twitter_site":"@LTrails","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Miscellaneous News Source","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/"},"author":{"name":"Miscellaneous News Source","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd"},"headline":"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel","datePublished":"2007-06-06T05:15:05+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-27T22:56:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/"},"wordCount":252,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["SIGNS OF THE TIMES"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/","name":"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel - From the Lighthouse","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-06-06T05:15:05+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-27T22:56:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/gay-agenda-takes-spotlight-in-israel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gay agenda takes spotlight in Israel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/","name":"From the Lighthouse","description":"&quot;A Light Shining in the Darkness&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd","name":"Miscellaneous News Source","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Miscellaneous News Source"},"url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/author\/misc\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}