"A Gay Cy Derv a Gay Mayor," proclaimed an ad for ndidate Nzan Horowz durg Tel Aviv’s most recent mayoral electn October. "One Vote...
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ISRAEL WON’T LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE. HERE’S WHY.
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The claim: Israel is the only untry the Middle East to regnize same-sex marriageAs Amerins celebrate the progrs ma for LGBTQ+ rights durg Pri month, a misleadg claim about gay rights Israel is circulatg onle.
“Would like to extend a big thank you to all the untri the Middle East that support gay marriage, ” reads a June 2 tweet wh an image that claims Israel is the only untry the regn to regnize same-sex claim has spread different forms on check:No evince Tim Tebow is wearg No. Most Middle East untri do not regnize gay marriage at allIsrael’s regnn of same-sex marriag performed abroad distguish om other untri the regn.
Consulate General of Israel Los Angel, accsed June 8, Israel Experience | Gay IsraelCouncil on Foreign Relatns, June 23, Same-Sex Marriage: Global ComparisonsBranni, accsed June 8, Middle EastThe Human Rights Campaign Foundatn, accsed June 8, Marriage Equaly Around the WorldHaaretz, June 21, 2020, Tel Aviv 'Challeng the Government' by Announcg Regnn of Civil PartnershipsThank you for supportg our journalism. None of the relig bodi Israel regnize gay marriage, th same-sex upl nnot marry Israel. However, a same-sex uple who married a untry that do regnize gay marriage n be registered as married wh the Israeli Misrad Hapnim.
GAY MARRIAGE
Nzan Horowz wanted to be the Middle East’s first openly gay mayor. “A Gay Cy Derv a Gay Mayor, ” proclaimed an ad for ndidate Nzan Horowz durg Tel Aviv’s most recent mayoral electn October. “One Vote That Sends Five Gays to the Council, ” said another, referrg to the Meretz Party list.
In this ntt between challenger Horowz and popular cumbent Ron Huldai (which Huldai won), the ndidat were said to be tryg to “out-pk” each other, both “promisg to crease budgets for the gay muny and social servic for gay youth distrs, ” Ha’aretz’s Avshalom Halutz reported. As the Tel Aviv electn illtrat, gay Israelis have ma signifint legal and cultural stris throughout the last few s. The ban on homosexual sodomy was repealed 1988; an ENDA-style LGBTQ employment-discrimatn ban passed 1992; and gays have been able to serve openly the ary sce 1993.
Tel Aviv has bee somethg of a haven for gay Israelis, even playg host to one of the world’s largt Pri ftivals, blsed by Mayor Huldai and other natnal polil figur. 2 percent of Israeli Arabs to have a homosexual uple as neighbours, cludg 68.
ISRAEL'S MKS SURVEYED ON GAY MARRIAGE
That means a gay uple that weds , say, the Netherlands remas wed Israel. But that don’t mean a gay uple Tel Aviv n walk down to cy hall and procure a marriage license. For Israeli Jews, marriage policy is dictated by the Chief Rabbate, which is unr the exclive ntrol of the Orthodox—and firmly opposed to gay marriage.