(Jerusalem, Israel) The man who stabbed three people during last week's gay Pride parade in Jerusalem was formally charged Tuesday with three counts of attempted murder.

Shai Schlissel, a member of an extreme Orthodox sect made a brief court appearance in Jerusalem where the charges were read.

During questioning by police Schlissel said that he had been sent to the parade as an emissary of God to kill gays and to "ensure that such an abomination [as the parade] would not take place in Israel."

Shortly after the parade began Schlissel rushed into the marchers on Ben Yehuda Street stabbing a man and a woman.  Others in the parade attempted to subdue him. The third victim was a marcher who went to
the aid of the other two victims.

The parade was marred a series of violent attacks in which more than a than a dozen protestors were arrested.

Almost 1,000 protestors lined the parade route. Bottles of urine and bags containing feces were hurled at marchers.

Other protestors carried signs which read: "People with AIDS belong in hospitals" and "Homosexuality is a sickness."

Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski had attempted to ban the parade.  The Sunday before the parade was to be held Jerusalem Open House, which organizes the Pride march, went to court where a judge ordered
Lupolianski not to interfere with the annual event.

The judge ruled that the city had no valid reason for canceling Pride. She said in her decision that Mayor Lupolianski could not act with prejudice against a group of people because he disagreed with their views. She ordered the city to provide security for the marchers, put up Rainbow flag banners along the parade route and pay a portion of the pride expenses - about $6500.

Arad also ordered the municipality to pay an additional $6500 in legal fees incurred by Open House.

The group has been at loggerheads with Lupolianski for more than two years.

Just prior to last year's parade he publicly denounced the event. The mayor prevented Rainbow flags from being put up on the parade route and refused to pay money owed from the 2003 and 2004 parades.

"This entry that I am posting right now may give people mixed feelings. This entry is not to insult my non-Muslim readers, but rather educate them on understanding how the Muslims feel about the injustice happening to them. Many pious Muslims who had done nothing wrong are held with no basis in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. If you people are watching this and thinking, 'wow, so this is how a terrorist thinks'. Please don't be so narrow minded, and understand things from the oppressed point of view.

True Muslims would never kill anyone for the wrong reasons. There is a saying from prophet Muhammad (pbuh) that if a someone were to kill another unjustly it would be as if he killed all of mankind. The world trade center bombings were definitely not done by someone who follows the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Muslims have been suffering by the hand of non-muslims in countries all over lately, mostly for bogus reasons (oil, gain of land, etc..). This presentation is just an outcry for help against the aggressors.

If you won't take my word for it, then take it anyway you want."

The President, the First Lady and Dick Cheney are flying on Air Force One.
George looks at Laura, chuckles and says,
"You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out the window right now and make somebody very happy."
Laura shrugs her shoulders and says, "Well, I could throw ten $100 bills out the window and make ten people very happy!"
Cheney says, "Of course then, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out the window and make a hundred people very happy."
The pilot rolls his eyes, looks at all of them and says to his co-pilot, "Such big shots back there.
Shit, I could throw all of them out the window and make 56 million people very happy."

(Atlanta, Georgia) The Georgia School Board Tuesday rejected a
proposal that could have forced LGBT students to come out to their
parents in order to join gay support groups.

The proposal would have required parental permission for students to
participate in any extracurricular activity.

Although It did not specifically name LGBT clubs, its intent was
clear said LGBT activists in the state.

The plan was put forward in March by Schools Superintendent Kathy
Cox after being requested by lawmakers who have tried for several
years to squelch gay student support groups in Georgia high schools.
But, a month later, it was rejected by the board and then revived
under pressure from some members of legislature.

Gay advocates said the proposal made Georgia the first states in the
nation to consider such a sweeping rule on school clubs and worried
that the idea could spread.

Board member Jose Perez said that students could drop out of school
at 16, join the Army at 18 but would still have to get a parent's
permission to join an extracurricular organization if they remain in
school.

"I'm not sure I quite comprehend that," Perez said, raising the
specter of a lawsuit.

The Board rejected the proposal by a 10-3 vote.

Gay students were overjoyed with the outcome. "It showed that the
board carefully considered the measure before it and voted in favor
of our students," said Edward Gray, director of YouthPride.

But Cox predicted the issue is not dead.

"I would venture a guess that, after today's action, there probably
will be action in the legislature," Cox said following the vote.