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Published in\u00a0TIMES OF USRAEL in\u00a010 August 2016, 3:03 pm\u00a0Click here for the article<\/p>\n

The poll, published by the Ne\u2019emanei Torah Va\u2019Avodah movement, an organization that seeks to promote moderate Orthodoxy in Israel, found that 68 percent of Israeli Jews support the legalization of civil marriage in the country and 80% believe that the current laws restricting marriage to state-recognized religious hierarchies push Israelis to marry outside the country.<\/p>\n

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Though same-sex marriage is not technically illegal, there is no Israeli institution authorized to carry it out. In a system inherited from Ottoman times, people can only marry in Israel through their religious institutions: Jewish couples must marry through the Chief Rabbinate, and Christians, Druze and Muslims all marry through their own state-sanctioned and publicly funded religious systems.<\/p>\n

The findings, which specifically focused on \u201cthe relationship between attitudes on religion and tradition and views regarding religion and state,\u201d also suggested that religious observance and affinity for tradition do not necessarily mean support for restrictive religious laws.<\/p>\n

Religious participants in the annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem, Sept. 18, 2014. (Hadas Parush\/Flash90)
\nTwenty-five percent of respondents who described themselves as \u201creligious\u201d said they supported civil marriage, with the figure jumping to 50% among those identified as \u201ctraditional.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study was conducted by the Rafi Smith polling institute for Ne\u2019emanei Torah Va\u2019Avodah and polled a total of 500 Israelis.<\/p>\n

In January, Ne\u2019emanei Torah Va\u2019Avodah was one of a number of Israel-based groups awarded a grant by a consortium of North American Jewish federations to encourage Israelis to consider alternatives to marrying through the Chief Rabbinate.<\/p>\n

The poll backs up findings from a number of recent polls showing a steady rise in support for civil marriages across various sectors of Israeli society.<\/p>\n

Shmuel Shattach, director of Ne\u2019emanei Torah Va\u2019Avodah, said the survey \u201cslaughters a number of sacred cows.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt proves once and for all that the objection to the current [situation] in the area of religion and state does not mean an objection to religion. On the contrary, many of those who care about religion are opposed to the current religious legislation, precisely because of this concern,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time for Israeli politicians, including the religious ones, to finally begin reflecting the sentiments of many within Israeli society.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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