Israeli Leader Calls Gays Abnormal
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JERUSALEM — Israeli President Ezer Weizman said Friday that he takes a negative view of “the phenomenon” of homosexuality and drew laughter from high school students by using a mincing, high-pitched voice to punctuate his attack.
Weizman, 72, a former general with a reputation for shooting from the lip, took aim at homosexuals during a speech to students in the northern city of Haifa.
Homosexuality “is abnormal from a social point of view. I don’t like it,” he said in broadcast remarks.
A major Israeli gay activists group, the Individual Rights Organization, called for Weizman’s resignation.
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