After the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, the Yesh Atid party announces it will resubmit its civil union bill to the Ministerial Committee of Legislation on Sunday.
“We have to provide a civil alternative for all those couples who prefer not to go through the rabbinate. Many couples can’t marry through the rabbinate. This proposal provides a solution for Israel in 2015,” says MK Aliza Lavie, who is spearheading the proposed legislation.
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid urges Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, who came out in support of the Supreme Court decision, to back the bill.
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid speaks at a party meeting at the Knesset on June 1, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
“After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage and after Defense Minister Ya’alon expressed his hope that it could happen here in Israel as well – now is the time for cross-party cooperation, across coalition and opposition, to pass the civil union law in Israel,” Lapid says.
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