About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

16 NTU L. Rev. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/ntulr16 and id is 1 raw text is: Article The Reluctant Acceptance of Same-Sex Unions and Parents in Israel Zvi Triger * ABSTRACT Israeli marriage law is religious in nature, and makes no provision for civil marriages. It is thus remarkable that same-sex unions hair been recognized, albeit to a limited extent Hy Israeli courts, and that same-sex marriages performed abroad have been registered and recognized by Israeli authorities. This artic!e explores the growing acceptance of both same-sex partners and parents in a country where personal law is based on religion. I argue that there are two main reasons for this acquiescence: (1) Israeli-Jewish culture places great emphasis on the family and on procreation, and has been characterized in the literature as pronatalist. Therefore, LGBTQ people who choose to live in long-term, monogamous relationships and have children are accepted, as they can be seen as living within Jewish culture and its familial orientation; (2) The so-called demographic problem, which is used to encourage Israeli Jews to have more children in order to continue to outnumber Israeli Palestinians, allows Jewish LGBTQ individuals to join this national effort, thus gaining legitimacy for their families. As the article shows, none of the rights that same-sex partners and parents have under Israeli law were voluntarily awarded by the legislature. All of these entitlements were recognized by Israeli courts only DOI 10.53106/181263242021031601001 * Professor of law, The Haim Striks School of Law, Rishon LeZion, Israel. zvit@colman.ac.il. This article is based on a paper presented at the Beyond 748: Same Sex Marriage and Family conference, held in October 23-24, 2019, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. I would like to thank Professor Cheng-Yi Huang for inviting me to participate in the conference and to contribute to this special issue, as well as the two anonymous reviewers, whose comments and critiques have greatly benefited the final draft of this article. I am also grateful to my research assistant, Amit Pinto, and to Karen Gold for her close reading and superb editing of the text. Finally, I wish to express my gratitude to the Research Fund of the Research Authority of the College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon Lezion, Israel, for the financial support provided for this publication. 1

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most