I guess I'm just old-fashioned.
Posted on 12/05/2012 5:34:24 AM PST by SJackson
An Israeli court has awarded the country's first divorce to a gay couple, which experts called an ironic milestone since same-sex marriages cannot be legally conducted in the Jewish state.
A decision this week by a family court in the Tel Aviv area "determined that the marriage should be ended" between former Israeli lawmaker Uzi Even, 72, and his partner of 23 years, Amit Kama, 52, their lawyer, Judith Meisels said.
Legal experts see the ruling as a precedent in the realm of gay rights in a country where conservative family traditions are strong and religious courts oversee ceremonies like marriages, divorces and burials.
While Israel's Interior Ministry still has the power to try and veto the decision, it would likely have to go court in order to do so, Ms Meisels said.
A 2006 high court decision forced the same ministry, headed by an ultra-Orthodox cabinet member, to recognise same sex marriages performed abroad and ordered the government to list a gay couple wed in Canada as married.
Same sex marriages are performed in Israel, but they have no formal legal status.
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Odd, they get married in Canada, but can't get divorced there. Only in Israel where they can't get married.
(a slight rewrite)
An Israeli court has awarded the country’s first divorce to Moloch worshipers, which experts called an ironic milestone since Moloch worship cannot be legally conducted in the Jewish state.
Legal experts see the ruling as a precedent in the realm of Moloch worshiper rights in a country where conservative family traditions are strong, religious courts oversee ceremonies like marriages, divorces and burials, and child sacrifice in fire pits to pagan gods is generally discouraged.
A 2006 high court decision forced the same ministry, headed by an ultra-Orthodox cabinet member, to recognise the Moloch cult practiced abroad and ordered the government to consider child sacrifice as a legitimate religious practice.
Sacrificing children to pagan gods is performed in Israel, but it has have no formal legal status.
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