Message #6481

[wbcoleman]

I brought up Israel because civil marriage doesn't exist there.  Is that what you are advocating for the United States?

Probably so.  I'm just not familiar enough with the thing called "Civil Marriage" as it is in Israel to give you an unequivocal yes but is seems the general flavor is correct.

See, in Israel only religious marriage exists.  Christian and Muslim authorities control Christian and Muslim marriages.  The Chief Rabbinate controls Jewish marriage and, if you are Jewish but if your proposed marriage would violate some aspect of Jewish law, you cannot get married without leaving the country.