Taken from a news article:

Preparations for Int'l Homosexual Event in Jerusalem Under Way

An international homosexual event... is now scheduled to be held this summer in Jerusalem.

InterPride, the International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered (LGBT) Pride Coordinators, decided in 2003 to hold WorldPride 2005 in Jerusalem -- a city sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Critics of the event have charged that it is being held in Jerusalem purposely to offend the religious sensibilities of the city's residents as well as Jews, Christians and Muslims throughout the world. Strict adherents to those three religions reject homosexual behavior.

But organizers said on their website that the event is intended to "bring a new focus to an ancient city through a massive demonstration of LGBT dignity, pride, and boundary-crossing celebration. "In these times of intolerance and suspicion, from the home of three of the world's great religions, we will proclaim the love that knows no borders," the website said.

Last year, in a rare show of solidarity, Israel's two chief rabbis, leaders in the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Churches as well as Muslim leaders from Jerusalem and northern Israel, banded together to denounce the international event in Jerusalem and called on the government to intervene. It "will offend the very foundations of our religious values and the character of the Holy City," the leaders said in a joint statement.

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I am waiting to see how this goes over. I don't know if that's the area of the world I'd want to demonstrate.

Oh.... and don't drink in Iran:

For 27 years, Iran's Islamic regime has faced an uphill battle to cleanse the country of bootleg liquor. But even after a recent law increased the punishment for drinking to 74 lashes, a hefty fine and imprisonment of three months to a year, drinking is widespread.