'A historic, groundbreaking victory which gives a shred of light and hope in these difficult times.'

Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously ruled on Thursday that same-sex couples are eligible to adopt children.

The verdict was reached by three presiding justices following a petition, which argued that Section 3 of the Adoption Law must be interpreted so LGBT couples would be eligible to adopt within the scope of the existing law.

      • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
        105·
        11 months ago

        I would be willing to bet that there are maybe, at most, 50 people out in Gaza out of 800,000. And even that might be high.

        There are no protections at all in Gaza, and you’re quite likely to be the recipient of an honor killing.

        So, if you were to ask anyone in Gaza if they’re gay, they’re going to say no.

        • VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.socialEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Just because they’re not out, doesn’t mean they’re not gay. Israel has 100% killed more LGBTQ Palestinians recently just from all their bombings.

          • stevehobbes@lemy.lolEnglish
            76·
            11 months ago

            Is that true? I’m not aware of any Muslim states that anyone would refer to as progressive. Which ones are you thinking of?

            The US has seen almost unparalleled peace and prosperity and I wouldn’t say becoming progressive is easy. We’re still fighting about reproductive rights here.

            • VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.socialEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              And LGBTQ rights. But I would say it’s true for any theocratic states, except for to its credit Isreal. It just happens to be that most of the ones in today’s world are Muslim. The Christian Fascists of the US are trying to turn the US into a theocratic state as well, and when our laws are based on religion, it’ll be terrible for LGBTQ, too.