Israeli Gay Couple Sues To Have Canadian Marriage Recognized
Israeli Gay Couple Sues To Have Canadian Marriage Recognized
by Malcolm Thornberry 365Gay.com European Bureau Chief
Posted: November 1, 2005 7:00 pm ET
(Jerusalem) A Tel Aviv gay couple wed in Canada is suing the Israeli government to have their marriage recognized.
Jonathan Herland, 29, and his husband Ayal Walerauch, 26, were married in a civil ceremony in Toronto last July. Their lawyer filed suit in the Israel Supreme Court on Tuesday. It is the third such case now before the high court.
Herland is a lawyer who has dual Canadian and Israeli citizenship. He is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal and is a member of the bar in New York State and in Israel. He practices law in Tel Aviv.
Wallrouch is a life-sciences student and is employed at the Israeli Standards Institute. The couple has been together for two years.
When the returned home to Israel the Interior Ministry refused to register them as a married couple.
"By refusing to register the petitioners as a married couple, the Population Registry deviates from its authority, behaving with unlawful discrimination against the petitioners and same-sex couples in general," the couple's suit says.
In March, two other same-sex couples petitioned the High Court to have government recognize their Canadian marriages.
All three cases will be heard by the court in two weeks.
Canada has been popular with Israeli gay couple wanting to marry. Four same-sex couples married in Toronto earlier this year. In 2004, the first openly gay man elected to Israel's parliament wed his partner in Toronto.
The couples argue that even though same-sex marriage is not permitted in Israel legal marriages performed outside the country should be recognized in the Jewish state.
©365Gay.com 2005
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/11/110105israel.htm
by Malcolm Thornberry 365Gay.com European Bureau Chief
Posted: November 1, 2005 7:00 pm ET
(Jerusalem) A Tel Aviv gay couple wed in Canada is suing the Israeli government to have their marriage recognized.
Jonathan Herland, 29, and his husband Ayal Walerauch, 26, were married in a civil ceremony in Toronto last July. Their lawyer filed suit in the Israel Supreme Court on Tuesday. It is the third such case now before the high court.
Herland is a lawyer who has dual Canadian and Israeli citizenship. He is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal and is a member of the bar in New York State and in Israel. He practices law in Tel Aviv.
Wallrouch is a life-sciences student and is employed at the Israeli Standards Institute. The couple has been together for two years.
When the returned home to Israel the Interior Ministry refused to register them as a married couple.
"By refusing to register the petitioners as a married couple, the Population Registry deviates from its authority, behaving with unlawful discrimination against the petitioners and same-sex couples in general," the couple's suit says.
In March, two other same-sex couples petitioned the High Court to have government recognize their Canadian marriages.
All three cases will be heard by the court in two weeks.
Canada has been popular with Israeli gay couple wanting to marry. Four same-sex couples married in Toronto earlier this year. In 2004, the first openly gay man elected to Israel's parliament wed his partner in Toronto.
The couples argue that even though same-sex marriage is not permitted in Israel legal marriages performed outside the country should be recognized in the Jewish state.
©365Gay.com 2005
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/11/110105israel.htm
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