(Russia Today) Israeli politicians and LGBT activists have called for the resignation of Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar after the high-ranked cleric said that homosexuality was punishable by death.
"This is a cult of abomination, this is clear," Amar said when asked of his attitude toward homosexuality in an interview with Yisrael Hayom newspaper, cited by Times of Israel.
"This is an abomination. The Torah says it is punishable by death. It is in the first rank of severe offenses," he said.