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Bob Page: Marriage legislation is needless

Others have said that we should hold a special vote and let the people decide, yes or no. Is ancient Greece? As an Army veteran who believes that the American flag is more than an accessory, I remember enough of my public education to the point with pride the Founding Fathers, including balanced form of government and elected officials is contrary to this line of thought. Some religious leaders have said that we need to change our Constitution to defend marriage in the Bible.The founding fathers and first Americans, who knew more than us on centuries of massacres of Christians with different theological opinions, fought to leave us with a robust First Amendment. It ensures religious freedom while keeping the state to tell you what Jesus meant. The state will never say to a church must change its marriage requirements, and the state should not leave your church to tell mine that he can not marry.One side to ask this question of those who want people to decide on keeping the Biblical marriage: Are we talking about the Hebrew Bible, where polygamy was common, or are we talking about the Gospel, where Jesus condemned the majority of divorces, but said not a word about homosexuality? Or are we talking about Paul, who thought that people really should not marry at all? I do not want to give you a bad idea. While it may or may not happen in my life, I want to marry my partner of 22 years.He and I built a life together, happily adopted now-12-year-old twins when they were infants in Vietnam and, more recently, we have unfortunately buried three parents. We have a house and a dog, and we care about video games and has done his homework. One son was to write an essay about how it was different. He could not come up with something. If a nasty anti-gay campaign comes to North Carolina next year, I fear that more will learn a painful lesson.

Israel: Diskrimierende Sprachenpolitik « Ticker

Speaking to the US congress in May, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu boasted that his country is a beacon of freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, that it is the only place where Arabs “enjoy real democratic rights”.

It’s true that Palestinian citizens of Israel have some democratic rights, like the vote. But, as Netanyahu told congress: the “path of liberty is not paved by elections alone.” And the summer months have seen an acceleration of worrisome anti-democratic trends.

First, the Knesset passed the anti-boycott law, a move that was widely condemned as a strike against free speech and democracy. Even some of Israel’s staunchest supporters expressed concern.

Now lawmakers have introduced a bill that proposes to change the definition of Israel as “Jewish and democratic” to “the national home of the Jewish people”.

If passed, the legislation would become part of Israel’s Basic Laws, which are used as a working constitution.

Whenever a conflict between democracy and Jewish values ​​arises, the new definition of Israel would allow the courts and legislators to support it. According to Haaretz, the Jewish religious law, "a source of inspiration for the legislature and the courts." And in the spirit of promoting the Jewish character of the state of a state for all its citizens, the legislation would also downgrade from Arabic an official language with a "special status".

Arabic is the mother tongue of 20 percent of Israel's citizens.It was an official language since 1924, when the British mandate has three: English, Hebrew and Arabic.

Marginalization language

When the State of Israel was created in 1948, English was struck by the books. While Arabic has remained an official language, it has always been a second-class, as are the citizens who speak it.

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