The 2006 Jerusalem gay pride parade was a scheduled event which took place on November 10, 2006. The demonstration was met with violent counter-demonstrators.
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“Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
comfort those who sit in darkness mourning ‘neath their sorrows’ load.
Speak ye to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them;
tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over.”
—Johann G. Olearius (1611–1684)
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The Baron: That’s my motto, Kringelein. A short life and a gay one.”
—William A. Drake (1900–1965)
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And pride bestowed on all, a common friend;”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
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—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)