Israel's Supreme Court: Same-sex marriage is not a right Court rejects claim that LGBTs have protected right to same-sex marriage, rules that law refusing recognition of gay marriage is legal. Shlomo Pyutrikovsky, 31/08/17 16:07 Supreme Court Justices Elyakim Rubinstein, Neal Handel, and Anat Baron on Thursday morning unanimously rejected the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association's demand that the Jewish state recognize same-sex marriages. According to the Association, the Basic Law of Human Dignity and Liberty should be interpreted to allow same-sex marriage. At the very least, the petitioners claimed, the law not allowing same-sex marriage should not be constitutional. "To all intents and purposes, Israeli civil law does not recognize same-sex marriage," the court said. "Therefore, the petitioners' request to have the civil court rule on something under the jurisdiction of the rabbinical courts, which applies under certain conditions, is not applicable here. Instead, request is based on establishing as an essential precondition that marriage between two individuals of the same gender exists in Israeli law, and it does not," Rubenstein wrote in his ruling. Click here for the rest of the article: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/234860