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[32] At the same time, for those already in an interfaith marriage (including cases in which there is a non-Christian couple and one party converts to Christianity after marriage), the Church notes that Saint Paul "addresses persons married to unbelievers and encourages them to stay married (see 1 Corinthians 7:12–16)."
Jewish wedding in Jerusalem, 2011. Under the Ottoman Empire which controlled the territory that is now Israel, all matters of a religious nature and personal status, which included marriage, were within the jurisdiction of Muslim courts and the courts of other recognized religions, called confessional communities, under a system known as millet.
And same-sex couples cannot get legally (religiously) married in Israel, therefore it is true to say that "Same-sex marriage is recognized but not legally performed in Israel." The rest of the article goes into detail about what this means, we don't have to solve every possible ambiguity in the first sentence.
Couples married in this way often meet in secret and avoid the expense of renting an apartment. The 'urfi marriage can be disastrous for the wife in legal terms. If the husband leaves her without granting her a divorce, she had no legal right to seek a divorce since 'urfi marriage is considered illegal. Her husband could remarry.
Divorce in Islam can take a variety of forms, some executed by a husband personally and some executed by a religious court on behalf of a plaintiff wife who is successful in her legal divorce petition for valid cause. Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women (a practice known as polygyny).
For example, exemption from military service for a married woman only applies to a formally married woman. Jurist Frances Radi supports these attempts to "bypass the law in legal ways", but points out that the necessity of an Israeli to resort to the use of a foreign state in order to marry diminishes the value of the alternative ways to marry.
They made a decision to not get married, but A.M.B. still wants to formally adopt the child, Sandefur said. A.M.B was denied a petition for adoption in Circuit Court in Ashland County in June 2022.
The type, functions, and characteristics of marriage vary from culture to culture, and can change over time. In general there are two types: civil marriage and religious marriage, and typically marriages employ a combination of both (religious marriages must often be licensed and recognized by the state, and conversely civil marriages, while not sanctioned under religious law, are nevertheless ...