Israel recognizes two gay men as child’s biological father

[King_David]

Israel recognizes two gay men as child’s biological father
by JNS.org

In a precedent-setting move, Israel’s Interior Ministry has recognized two men as the biological father of a baby boy.

The baby is the son of Yuval Topper-Erez, a transgender male who gave birth in December 2011. The Interior Ministry initially refused to recognize the child’s father, Matan, as the biological father. But the couple fought for more than a year, and after gaining support from Interior Minister Gideon Saar and Knesset Internal Affairs Committee Chairwoman Member of Knesset Miri Regev, it received recognition.


http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/23621483/article-Israel-recognizes-two-gay-men-as-child-s-biological-father?instance=lead_story_left_column

[King_David]

1. Israel is the only Middle Eastern country that recognizes same-sex marriages.

http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/23621483/article-Israel-recognizes-two-gay-men-as-child-s-biological-father?instance=lead_story_left_column

[Scootaloo]

2. Provided you have the money to go abroad to get married, sure n/t

[Israeli]

3. and they are not alone ...

look at the numbers Scootaloo , staggering :

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/spurning-rabbinate-20-000-israelis-marry-abroad-annually-1.455653

Figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics yesterday show that 47,855 Israeli couples marry via Orthodox rabbinical courts.

Close to 20,000 Israelis tie the knot overseas every year, mainly to avoid the tortuous process of a religious marriage at home.

Rabbi Gilad Kariv, executive director of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, says that about 40 percent of the couples marrying abroad are Jews marrying Jews who could have married at the rabbinate if they wanted to.

Another 30 percent are couples where at least one spouse has no religious classification and cannot marry in Israel. The rest are Israelis marrying a foreign national.

"It reflects the complete absurdity and completely warped family laws in Israel. This is the only democratic country that imposes religious restrictions on its citizens' marriages. Apart from the desire to perpetuate the Orthodox religious monopoly, there's no real reason for it."

The figures show that even without legislation, the Orthodox monopoly on marriage will ultimately collapse, he says.

"The figures show the secular community's disgust with the rabbinate," she said. "It's a disgrace that Israelis must realize their civil rights in a foreign country."

[King_David]

5. Not one neighbour recognizes gay marriage

Hardly any countries in the world today do....weather they get married in Venus or Mars you have a good chance of being killed or imprisoned in the Progressive Palistinian country for just being born a Gay.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. It would be nice if that happened in the US.

It will likely be years, and many court battles, before we are treated with respect and equality.

[King_David]

7. That's how it happened in Canada ,

Many many court cases.