Israel, too? Supreme Court in Holy Land to hear 'gay marriage' case in late May

Apr 6, 2006
By Michael Foust

Israel's Supreme Court has announced it will hear a "gay marriage" case in May, raising the possibility that the land where Christ once walked will recognize "marriage" between homosexuals.

Oral arguments before the Israeli court will take place May 28. The Israel case involves a handful of homosexual couples who were "married" in Canada and returned to Israel, where they filed suit to have their "marriages" recognized there. The couples' attorney apparently is asking only that out-of-country "gay marriages" be recognized, and not that Israel itself grant licenses to homosexual couples. Nevertheless, that would be a significant liberalization of its marriage law -- and a very significant win for homosexuals in the Holy Land. Marriage law in Israel is defined by Orthodox Jewish law.

 
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Israeli Same-Sex Marriage Case Goes to Supreme Court
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By Gudrun Schultz
JERUSALEM, Israel, April 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Israel’s Supreme Court will hear an appeal by a group of homosexual couples who want their Canadian “marriages” recognized by their home country, the court announced Wednesday.

Five same-sex Israeli couples were “married” in Canada, and now are hoping to get legal recognition in the Jewish state. The Israeli government has said the country’s laws don’t recognize same-sex unions, regardless of where they have been performed.

In Israel, Orthodox rabbis, who are opposed to same-sex marriages, perform Jewish wedding ceremonies. Gaining government recognition of marriages performed out of country would allow homosexual Jewish couples to bypass that obstacle.

Israel’s family court ruled in February that a lesbian couple could be legally regarded as the parents of three children, born using IVF technology. The court said the women must receive adoption papers listing them as the mothers of the children.

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Israeli Family Court Rules Lesbians and IVF Children a Family
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