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Haredi man in Jerusalem (Archive photo) Photo: Gil Yohanan
Haredi man in Jerusalem (Archive photo) Photo: Gil Yohanan  No
return to the closet  Rabbi Akiva preferred 'love your neighbor
as yourself' over the 'abomination' of homosexual sex  Fania Oz-
Salzberger Published: 07.09.06, 13:20 / Israel Opinion  To those
Orthodox Jews who oppose the Gay Pride parade   I write to you
as a secular Jew, with a deep respect for you and your beliefs.
But only when that respect is mutual. My principles, morals and
my way of life are as important to me as Jewish law is to you. I
feel no inferiority, need to apologize or discomfort with my
"partial" Judaism.   My cart is not empty, and my beliefs are
well reasoned and crystallized. They are called secular, liberal
humanism. I have wri