In Israel any marriage conducted abroad is recognized, but to have one performed inside the country is strictly a religious matter before a priest of some sort. So no interfaith ones and divorce can be even messier to finalize. The bill was defeated on a vote of 50-39.
The bill, composed by Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On focused on the concept of (heterosexual) civil marriages and divorces.
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After Gal-On's bill was voted down on Wednesday , she said, "The Knesset turned their backs on the value of equality in order to please the religious parties that want to continue to dictate to the Israeli public how to marry and divorce."
Gal-On added that "two-thirds of Israelis support allowing civil marriage, it is inconceivable that Israel's citizens can not have a family recognized by the state."
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