Gay Jews have "higher souls" than all non-Jews, gay or straight, Israel’s Deputy Minister for Religious Services, Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan of the of the right wing Zionist Orthodox HaBayit HaYehudi Party, says. But that doesn't mean, Ben-Dahan hastened to add, that he supports homosexuality.
Deputy Minister for Religious Services Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan
Gay Jews Are Superior To Straight Non-Jews, Israeli Leader Says
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Gay Jews have "higher souls" than all non-Jews, gay or straight, Israel’s Deputy Minister for Religious Services, Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan of the of the right wing Zionist Orthodox HaBayit HaYehudi Party, reportedly said last week.
Ben-Dahan reportedly made the remark during an interview published Friday with the Israeli daily newspaper Ma’ariv.
Ben-Dahan also said that, while not being anti-gay, he would still actively oppose any pro-same-sex marriage bill, “just as he would oppose marriage between a Jew and a gentile,” Ha’aretz reported.
Ben-Dahan reportedly called same-sex marriage “unnatural" and insisted that "it is natural that the world wants continuity through relations between a man and a woman."
"I have to keep the state Jewish,” Ben-Dahan said. “Things to contradict the values, culture or tradition will not receive a stamp of approval.”