Irit Rosenblum: 28 years, 8 governments, zero solution

Irit Rosenblum summarizes 28 years of struggle for civil marriage in Israel: eight governments have come and gone, but no solution has arrived. She calls for legislation that would allow free choice alongside religious marriage, and criticizes the status quo as a political choice that harms freedom and equality.

Irit Rosenblum, a lawyer and founder of the 'New Family' organization, writes about 28 years of struggle for egalitarian civil marriage in Israel. She describes how since 1998, eight governments have changed but no solution has been reached. Rosenblum argues that the status quo is a political choice, not a law of nature, and that the price is paid by couples forced to travel abroad or settle for partial arrangements. She calls for legislation that would allow free choice in the way to establish a partnership, alongside religious marriage, out of a belief that the family is an expression of human freedom and the state is not authorized to determine which families are worthy of recognition. The article combines personal experience with legal-philosophical arguments.