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We will see to it that the phenomenon is rooted out, and we'll send an important educational message to all Israelis calling for tolerance and respect for the other." "Discrimination based on sexual orientation is identical in substance and in its consequences to any of the other forms of discrimination barred by law," she said, "and it has no place in the Israel of 2012. Noked has expressed an interest in having the ministerial committee revisit the issue and in mobilizing majority support for its passage. Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid told Haaretz in response to a query that he was in favor of it. "It seems obvious to me that this would be his position." "I admit that I was a little surprised by the storm and the massive interest that Obama caused when he came out in support of same-sex marriage," Yacimovich wrote on Facebook. Opposition chairwoman Shelly Yacimovich expressed her support for the move on her Facebook page. "Here, there is no civil marriage here at all, and hundred of thousands of Israelis - not only gay men and lesbians - can not get married here because of the unbearable religious coercion. But not here ," Horowitz wrote on his Facebook on Thursday. this already exists in dozens of countries. "For the first time ever, an American president is supporting same-sex marriage. According to the bill, same-sex couples would also be able to marry in Israel. Horowitz is set to bring the bill up for a vote in the Knesset next week.