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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/41559/full/41559/israeli-lawmakers-defeat-civil-marriage-bill/ <br /><br /> <b>Israeli lawmakers defeat civil marriage bill</b> <br /> Thursday, March 4, 2010 | by <br /><br /><p>A bill that would have allowed civil marriages for Israeli couples who could not be married by the rabbinate failed by a large margin in its initial reading.</p> <p>The Civil Union Bill, introduced Feb. 24 by the Kadima Party’s Meir Sheetrit, was defeated 58-22.</p> <p> The bill sought to legalize a civil marriage where at least one member of a couple is not recognized as Jewish.</p> <p>The bill did not contravene Jewish law since it does not allow civil marriages for those who may marry by Jewish law, according to Sheetrit’s office.  <em>— jta</em></p> <p> </p>

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