Sara Netanyahu: I support the LGBT community
After Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted in favor of the Surrogacy Law which prevents same-sex couples from becoming parents through the surrogacy process, his wife Sara express her support of the LGBT community; says she works behind the scenes to promote and assist the community.
"Someone is thinking about you, everything is going to be okay," she said.
The premier's wife also added, "I don't think they don't have equal rights."
"I think our country is very advanced and it's only getting better. (The LGBT community) has to have patience. They have someone who is thinking about them."
"I'm not the head of the state, but I'm telling you are in the prime minister's heart," she went on to say.
Netanyahu also mentioned she gives wide assistance to the LGBT community and same-sex couples who are stranded abroad where they can use the services of a surrogate mother.
"I think the community knows how much I look out for it. I offer my assistance and support behind the scenes," she elaborated.
The prime minister's wife also referred to the criticism her husband had drawn after passing the Surrogacy Law in its current version which discriminated same-sex couples.
"The prime minister is also very supportive. You have to give him time and be patient and everything will be okay," the premier's wife asserted.
Likud MK Amir Ohana, a representative of the LGBT community, raised a reservation to the bill over the fact it excludes gay couples. Ohana is himself gay, the father of two children from a surrogate mother.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who leads the Likud Party, said he supported surrogacy for single mothers as well as for same-sex couples. The prime minister expressed his support for Ohana's reservation and his proposal to amend the legislation so it includes gay couples as well.
Furthermore, Netanyahu indicated that if the bill cannot be amended before the end of the Knesset's summer session, the vote on the legislation will be postpone to the next Knesset session.
Despite that, Netanyahu voted in favor of the bill in its current version and against MK Ohana's reservations.
A nationwide demonstration was staged by the LGBT community following their exclusion from the Surrogacy Law that was passed last week which allows single mothers and heterosexual couples who cannot have children to use the services of a surrogate mother to become parents.
The surrogacy law allows single mothers and heterosexual couples who cannot have children use the services of a surrogate mother to become parents.
However, it excludes homosexual couples, preventing them from becoming parents through the surrogacy process.
