'Most homophobic' minister in Israel, who thinks all LGBT+ people are sinners, tests positive for CO

[Bernardo de La Paz]

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Source: MSN.com, PinkNews

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As well as being Israel's health minister, he also leads the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party and witnesses said he was seen praying at the home of another member of his sect three days after indoor services were banned.

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NOTE: Corrected information from https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/israel-health-minister-who-claims-coronavirus-is-divine-punishment-for-homosexuality-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ar-BB12goRL?ocidst (original article at MSN)
Last month, speaking about the origins of COVID-19, the health minister said: "It's a divine punishment against homosexuality."

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Last week, asked if lockdown restrictions would be lifted before Easter, he said: "We pray and hope that the Messiah will arrive before Easter, the time of our redemption.

"I am sure that the Messiah will come and take us out as God took us out of Egypt. We will soon be free and the Messiah will come and save us from all the world's troubles."

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Read more: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/israel-health-minister-coronavirus-punishment-homosexuality-positive-covid-19-yaakov-litzman/

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{on edit: corrected post after Pink News (MSN source) corrected their article.}

Original link: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/israel-health-minister-who-claims-coronavirus-is-divine-punishment-for-homosexuality-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ar-BB12goRL?ocidst
Corrected link
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/israel-health-minister-coronavirus-punishment-homosexuality-positive-covid-19-yaakov-litzman/


Previous title: "Israel health minister, who claims coronavirus is 'divine punishment' for homosexuality, tests positive for Covid-19"

I wish this disease on nobody and wish all infected become well, but sometimes there is poetic justice.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. hem.

poetic justice .

[Traildogbob]

10. Shoulda not been gay,

God can see into the closets. “Jews will not replace us”, some say. Good people say that, ones that worship the true messiah sent directly by GOD. All those “straight” people, seniors, women, mothers, fathers, even children dying with the gays......kind of a prick move their God. You can’t aim better? (Sarcasm here PC police)

[olegramps]

15. Ain't that the truth, in Spades. Gay people must laughing their asses off at this fool.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. karma

[Glorfindel]

3. Thoughts and prayers.

May he make a complete recovery and live for a long time with people wondering "Is he or isn't he?" Silly old fool.

[VWolf]

23. THAT would be karmic justice!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Oops.

[Jamastiene]

5. When karma runs over their dogma,

I always want to rub their noses in it, especially when it is because of anti-gay crap they have spewed.

[iluvtennis]

14. + 1 nt.

[unblock]

6. easter?

[Scarsdale]

7. So, does this mean

that his "secret" is out after all these years?? Who knew there were so many homosexuals in the world? All getting sick?? Proving once again that RELIGION is more dangerous than anything, spreading hatred and bigotry.

[Igel]

18. Or maybe he's just not protected.

Punishment is collective when group identity is what's key.

[Strelnikov_]

20. In his words . . . 'God' has spoken

Just hope he gets to spend his remaining years enjoying his new sexual freedom, since 'God' has apparently outed him.

Then again, 'God' may simply be outing him as an asshole. 'Gods' are funny that way.

[NCjack]

8. Yaakov Litzman, health minister for Israel, was outed as a homosexual by God.

[LiberalArkie]

9. A hell of a way of being outed

[Mickju]

11. Delusional idiot

[Coventina]

12. This makes my heart smile.

[CatMor]

13. You would think the Health Minister would at least be a doctor..

not a religious zealot.

[AtheistCrusader]

16. Institutionalized bigotry and ignorance.

[SWBTATTReg]

30. Yes. And it gets really f**king old. Enough. Especially one who is jewish?! Go figure. I ...

guess bigotry and ignorance runs in all groups. Sad and pathetic.

[flibbitygiblets]

17. Looks like his dogma got run over by karma.

That's gotta smart.

[Polybius]

19. "We pray and hope that the Messiah will arrive before Easter"

Easter? Isn't that a Christian holiday?

[Ferrets are Cool]

21. Not one word...not one f'ing word. nt

[KayF]

22. Pink News has corrected this

the guy is anti-gay for sure, but they corrected the part about his coronavirus statements

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/07/israel-health-minister-coronavirus-punishment-homosexuality-positive-covid-19-yaakov-litzman/

An earlier version of this article referenced two inaccurate reports regarding Yaakov Litzman blaming the coronavirus pandemic on homosexuality. This has since been corrected.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. Thank you! I've edited the OP to account for that after reading your post. . . . nt

[KayF]

31. .

[Lonestarblue]

24. This man sounds just like white evangelical Christians.

Is he related to Jim Baker, Jerry Falwell, and all the other wing-nuts? I guess every religion has its extremists, but you would thing a country’s health minister would have a better grasp of reality.

[MurrayDelph]

36. Fundamentalists of all stripes

are assholes. It's sort of a chicken/egg thing

[keithbvadu2]

43. Falwell has CV on his campus.

Falwell has CV on his campus.

The place must be a hotbed of his pool boys.

[abakan]

25. Karma is a bitch!

But she has a fine sense of humor.

[Sloumeau]

26. I have this feeling...corona is coming for Trump...here it comes! :) nt

[tinrobot]

27. I gotta say, I can't be happy for someone being sick...

It's simply tragic that his antiquated beliefs are going to cause so much suffering for him and his family.

[Botany]

29. I am not gay but which one of my gay DU friends could resit that hunk of man meat?

So God is killing the right wing bigots now?

[Jamastiene]

40. I could resist, but

I'm a lesbian. So, I'm not sure it counts, lol.

I hope God or something is getting rid of right wing bigots now. There are too many of them, far too many.

[dawg day]

32. Weird that he would talk about "Easter"

Maybe he said "Passover" and it was mistranslated?

Just struck me as weird.
But "karma" isn't really a Hebrew word either, and that does seem to apply now.

[BigDemVoter]

34. Fuck him.

[sdfernando]

35. So he must be a homosexual....

I mean his 'god' surely wouldn't inflict this upon straight Jews. See his has been gay all his life but he just didn't know it. His 'god' has opened his eyes......or not.

[TrogL]

37. Logical fallacy

Anyone engaging in irony that this labels him as homosexual is engaging in the fallacy of the undivided middle.

All cows are brown.
My dog is brown.
Therefore my dog is a cow.

[StarryNite]

38. Well bless his heart.

[paleotn]

39. Karma is having a field day.

[TeamPooka]

41. Karma is agnostic.

[keithbvadu2]

44. Karma hunts you down.

Karma hunts you down.

[eppur_se_muova]

42. So, wait ... it this God's punishment, or not ? I'm confused.

I can never keep straight just whose side The Almighty is on.

[JudyM]

45. Locking

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