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Nov 21, 2006
Articles: Israel's Supreme Court approves same-sex marriages performed abroad
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By vanrozenheim
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(JERUSALEM) - In a landmark ruling, Israel's Supreme Court ordered the government on Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages performed abroad. Yossi Ben-Ari and Laurent Schuman were married in Canada after that country legalized same-sex marriage in 2003. Determined, after a 21-year partnership, to enjoy all the privileges of a married couple in Israel, they were among five couples who petitioned the Supreme Court court to have their marriage registered here, too.
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