As you best know by now, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt the LGBT community — and the civil-rights movement in general — ” target=”_blank”>another news story on some miniscule step forward or backward in Prop. 8 court proceedings. Bitch is DEAD!)
No such luck. Closest thing I got was a coffee shop playing Britney Spears and this press statement from ” target=”_blank”>and hey, American Airlines pollsters agree! — the religious aspects of Israeli society, inherent to the country's foundation, are a constant obstacle.
“Because marriage and family values are such big issues for religious parties, those particular subjects — marriage, adoption and so on — are still lacking in LGBT equality here,” said Kol.
Still, a victory for gay rights in the U.S. is obviously a victory for humanity, and these historic rulings are much bigger than a country-by-country competition. Kol said his organization is currently fighting to push same-sex marriage — under the umbrella of all civil marriage, which is actually illegal here — through Israel's parliament, the Knesset, during the current session. There's an exciting possibility that it will actually get somewhere this time, as there are currently no ultra-Orthodox members of the Israeli government.
And the U.S. rulings, said Kol, will no doubt “help us prove a point.”
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