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[–] hola [S] ago  (edited ago)

Well, from everything I have read, there is a pretty similar issue in Israel as in the US in terms of religious groups influencing the rightwing parties. The conservative parties there are strongly supported and influenced by the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish sects that are very much opposed to gay rights. There was an article the other day about how two cabinet ministers from the rightwing Likud party faced a lot of criticism from their base for participating in the Tel Aviv pride parade (see here). The liberal parties in the country (Labor, Meretz, Hatnuah, Hadash) openly support gay marriage legislation whereas the ruling Likud party does not.