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| Region | Israel |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Start Date | Nov 21, 2006 |
| End Date | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Description | Due to a Supreme Court Ruling, since 1962 Israel must recognize couples that married abroad as legally married even if the marriage didn't fit the legal definition of marriage stablished by Israeli law. In 2006 by a 6-1 decision the Supreme Court decided this applied to same sex couples too. |
| Sources | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-nov-22-fg-samesex22-story.html |
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Revision History (4)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Start Date | Jan 2006 | Nov 21, 2006 |
| End Date | Nov 6, 2006 | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Description | Same-sex marriage from abroad recognized since 2006 and in a few cities since 2020 | Due to a Supreme Court Ruling, since 1962 Israel must recognize couples that married abroad as legally married even if the marriage didn't fit the legal definition of marriage stablished by Israeli law. In 2006 by a 6-1 decision the Supreme Court decided this applied to same sex couples too. |
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| Sources | http://web.archive.org/web/20070915143500/http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/11/112106israel.htm | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-nov-22-fg-samesex22-story.html |
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- Date is incorrect "Israel doesn't have different laws in different regions. It's legal everywhere"
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only | (REMOVED) |
| Start Date | Nov 2006 | Jan 2006 |
| Description | Same-sex marriage from abroad recognized since 2006 and in a few cities since 2020 |
Reports (4)
- Status is not correct "There are no regions in Israel where same-sex marriage is legal. There is no civil marriage whatsoever in Israel, and of the religious bodies legally entitled to celebrate marriages and have them recognized by the state, none serve same-sex couples."
- Sources are invalid or broken
- Status is not correct "foreign same-sex recognized nationwide and not only in certain cities"
- Status is not correct "It is important to note that the recognition in those cities in Israel gives couples rights related only to the municipal level and not the rights in the national level"
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only |
| Start Date | Nov 2006 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://web.archive.org/web/20070915143500/http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/11/112106israel.htm |
Reports (6)
- Newer law has been passed "a new law passed in 2021 legalizing same sex marriage across the country"
- Sources are invalid or broken "BreitBart® clicks, seriously?
That dangerously-unreliable source is shamelessly-biased towards Israel, for the needs of its own target-audiences."
- Status is not correct "it's legal"
- All information is correct, just adding sources "Common-law marriage apply equally to heterosexual and homosexual couples according to various court rulings. http://www.newfamily.org.il/en/common-law-marriage/"
- Status is not correct
- Sources are invalid or broken