The Efrat rabbis in a scathing letter against the Efrat Council’s survey, which was intended to examine the attitude of the residents toward the LGBT community.
“We read with shock and astonishment the survey published in Efrat, which seeks to promote public legitimacy for offenses for which modesty is good,” the rabbis opened the letter.
They also wrote: “Every man and woman who feels distress of any kind, including distress in the field of physical inclinations, knows that the rabbis of Efrat will have a loving heart and a listening ear. We will meet with them with great desire, strengthen them and help them as needed. “His tendencies, and whether sinful, accidental or intentional, are Israel, our brother is. Our way is through the love of Israel.
In conclusion, the rabbis called: We call on the Efrat Council to remove the survey, and to focus our efforts on genuinely addressing those who need it, on a personal level.
Survey: Should the flag be raised in the public space?
As stated, the Efrat local council published a questionnaire for residents on the subject of LGBT people in which they were required to respond to their position regarding the treatment of LGBT people, hoist the pride flag in the council, and rate the things necessary for LGBT people in the council.
The opening page of the survey, which bears the council’s emblem, reads: “Dear residents, in Efrat Haim, members and members of the LGBT population who are an integral part of the council’s social fabric,” residents are asked to respond to the survey “as part of a needs identification process The results of the survey will be the basis for building a work plan regarding the LGBT population in the Efrat local council.
In the final stages of the survey, it is already moving to a kind of normalization for LGBT revelations, questions about waving the rainbow colors flag regularly within council areas, or a rating question on LGBT issues, without giving the possibility to ask if this is needed at all
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