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Shlomo Beizri of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party addressed these controversial comments in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament).

Israel has passed a number of laws decriminalizing homosexuality. It passed its first law in 1988 and since then has passed many laws recognizing gay rights.

After the recent earthquakes in Israel (two of them last week and four more in November and December last year), Beizri is blaming the parliament for the cause of the earthquakes.

He said the tremors had been caused by the lawmaking that gave “legitimacy to sodomy”.

He was addressing these comments when a committee was set up at Knesset to discuss the country’s readiness for earthquakes.

He then asked the lawmakers to stop "passing legislation on how to encourage homosexual activity in the state of Israel, which anyway brings about earthquakes".

Israel recently has granted inheritance rights to gay couples and also recognizes same-sex marriages performed abroad. And last week, the Israel’s attorney general passed laws allowing same sex couples to adopt babies.

Earthquakes are part of nature for millions of years even before mankind was born. Tremors occurs at other planets as well where there are no humans. So the MP is better off going back to school and learning science or spending a little time on Google Search or Wikipedia will help him learn more about earthquakes.

Do you agree with Beizri’s comments?