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The state of Israel often makes front page news, and not in a good way. But as many Glbt people are finding out, there's another side to life in the Holy Land.

Over the past two decades, the Israeli Parliament quietly passed a number of pieces of federal pro-gay legislation. The gay ban on serving in Israel's military is long gone. Employment and housing discrimination protections were also implemented, gay couples can now inherit from one another, and be named as beneficiaries on each other's insurance policies.

The biggest surprise came not long ago, when Israel began recognizing the legal marriages of its gay citizens. Gay Israelis can now marry in South Africa, Spain, or anywhere else where gay marriage is legal, and return home as a fully married couple, with all the rights and responsibilities that marriage entails.

Additionally the tropical, beachfront city of Tel Aviv has emerged as...