First Civil Union In Israel

The wedding Tuesday follows the passage last year of a civil union law, which allows couples in which both partners are not Jewish to have a civil marriage.

 

Israel sees first civil union

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- An Israeli couple was married in a civil union for the first time.

The wedding Tuesday follows the passage last year of a civil union law, which allows couples in which both partners are not Jewish to have a civil marriage.

Twenty-five Israeli couples have already met the criteria, The Jerusalem Post reported, and all have been questioned by local religious authorities to make sure they are not Jewish.

[Hat Tip: Michelle.]

Comments

[Dr. Dave]

Boring.

It will be interesting if Jews are allowed such marriage. It will more interesting if gay civil unions are allowed.

And Jewish gay civil unions? Well that would be front page news.

[Ed Greenberg]

The rabbonim will find some way to screw this up. For instance, can you be too Jewish to get a civil union, but not Jewish enough to get married?

Suppose you state you're Jewish, but can't produce three generations of Kesubos, or some other narrishkeit?

As a Jewish American, the whole thing is offensive to me. Separation of church (synagogue) and state is the way to go.

[Yissy-Ca]

Ed Greenberg excellent point.

[Pagan]

So non-Jews are permitted civil marriage, but Jews are not. Remind me again - was the Jewish State created to preserve the rights of Jews, or to take them away?