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To: Bilow who wrote (57907)	11/20/2002 6:37:02 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Maybe not so in the US, and to a lesser degree in Europe, but let me tell you that Jews are extremely reluctant to let one of their own marry a non-Jew in the Middle East. And even if such a marriage takes place, their children are ostracized and the non-Jew spouse is never really accepted in the community. I don't know what the situation is in Israel but it would not surprise me if they are not even legally allowed to marry a non-Jew. Something to do with the continuity and purity of Jewish line. It is sad that they should repeat the mistakes of others who cost them so much misery in their own history.

To: Bilow who wrote (57907)	11/20/2002 9:43:59 AM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Is there something in the water that makes people in the Middle East into religious bigots? I wouldn't call it bigotry per se; I think this problem will always arise when a particular religion can dictate what marriages and divorces a state will recognize. What marriages and divorces a religion recognizes should its own concern but not be public policy or law. For example, Britain's Princess Anne had to remarry in the Church of Scotland because the Church of England did not recognize her divorce. Of course, she and her new husband could have gotten married by anyone authorized by the government to perform marriages, and it would have been legal, but she wanted to marry in a church. In Israel obviously the separation of church and state does not apply in this area but from those articles you posted it may evolve that way.