JERUSALEM — The Jerusalem District Court has ordered the city of Jerusalem to pay a gay- and lesbian-rights organization more than $75,000, after the city failed to provide it with mandatory funding. The May 29 ruling said the city had discriminated against the Jerusalem Open House, a meeting place and advocacy center for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people, by withholding a total of 350,000 shekels (about $77,000) in funding in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Every year, Jerusalem, which is holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, allocates millions of dollars to a wide variety of local organizations. Judge Judith Tzur supported her ruling in her decision, saying municipal officials must adhere to the core of democratic values, which is equality, tolerance and pluralism. (TAB)
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