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.
Look at that. Even a genocidal ethnostate is more progressive on LGBT+ issues than Republicans.
I have always thought that Israel isn’t pro-LGBT+, but instead just doing pinkwashing in order to get support from western countries.
You’ve clearly never been to Tel Aviv
Given that at least 95% of Lemmy hasn’t been to Tel Aviv, can you enlighten us?
It’s extremely LGBTQ friendly. They host one of the largest pride parades in the world as well.
You use the word “Republicans”, which indicates that you understand, to some level, that a country can have more than one political party. The next logical step would be realizing that this principle can apply to countries other than the United States. Can you do it?
Okay? But I was talking about Republicans in the U.S. so why would I do that?
I think they’re insinuating that Israel isn’t a monolith either.
Can you please include the country in the post title.
I wanted to but posts have been removed before without having the correct title
Put it in [brackets] so it doesn’t change the headline.
“You can be gay, just don’t be a fucking Palestinian!” —Israel
Israel has special LGBT work permits and asylum processes for Palestinians who are gay. There are more Palestinians out in Israel than in Palestine.
Well yeah, all the ones in Palestine were blown up over the last few months.
Or, you know, beheaded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ahmad_Abu_Murkhiyeh
It is not a safe space for LGBT+.
Come on, I know the Middle East isn’t safe for our gay friends- but that doesn’t mean we should give a free pass to one group mass-killing the other sides children just because they have better gay optics.
No one was giving them a free pass come on.
There are no free passes. Both sides slaughter each others children.
And then one slaughters their gay children themselves.
One does not need to equate these - or diminish the good in what Israel is doing. It’s progress. May there be much more.
Fantastic!
Next, end apartheid and occupation!! 😍🌈
Same sex couples who are members of ruling party only, child must raised Jewish and attend state school where they pledge allegiance every day.
As an avid Palestine supporter, I gotta say the news is not about that, and bringing it up out of context is just the means to hijack attention to the position we’re all already aware of.
This piece of news is good, regardless of the conflict. Might be a little weird for them to focus on that right now, might be a political game, but it is good regardless.
My congratulations to Israeli LGBTQ+ community.
Discussion of apartheid is definitely out of context in response to news about ending former discrimination. /s
With Israeli obsession with children and family, it is extremely hard for LGBT, or any other couples to adopt - they have to prove they have the means to raise up these kids - both material and psychological.
What is the alternative? Do they stay with foster families?
I’m just curious. I know nothing about adoption in the US much less Israel. I have to think there’d be some kind of principle of least harm and some evidence-based policies.
You don’t even have to allow Jewish couples to adopt in the U.S. if you’re a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency.
https://apnews.com/article/religion-lawsuits-tennessee-nashville-58900a55eb9344d4a51143325fa609c3
I know nothing about adoption in the US much less Israel. I have to think there’d be some kind of principle of least harm and some evidence-based policies.
“Lol” said the US, “lmao”
Meanwhile Israel remains the biggest killer of LGBTQ+ Palestinians.
This is the same Israeli court that has ruled against Netanyahu multiple times, and which he has been desperately trying to delegitimize for fear of eventually going to prison. What Israel is doing is terrible, and we also shouldn’t automatically dismiss progressive voices in Israel just because they are Israeli. There is a large percentage of Israel that does not support Netanyahu or the genocide he has undertaken
Sadly, even with the most recent conflict, that’s almost certainly not true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ahmad_Abu_Murkhiyeh
Israel has special visa/work permit/asylum process for LGBT Palestinians. I would bet there’s more gay and out Palestinians in Israel than there are in Palestine.
Gaza/Hamas are especially awful relative to the West Bank.
Oh so when Israel drops a bomb on Gaza they ask whether the 21,000 people are straight?
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.
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.
It’s easy to become more progressive when you’re not being genocided out of existence.
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.
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.
Too true.
It’s raining men
Im not sure straight Palestinians are getting a pass.
When they murder 1700 LGBTQ+ people, then we can talk.
What?
Source?
8% of the world’s population identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Israel has killed 21,000 Palestinians in Gaza. Assuming the same percentage, that is 1680 people who identified themselves as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
In the 20 years of Hamas rule, they have not killed 1680 people in Gaza for being gay.
Cool so source is “I am guessing”
Are you denying that Israel killed 21000 people?
Are you asserting that 8% of the population of Gaza is LGBT?
This literally makes no sense at all.
It’s a bad assumption. Anyone found to be gay in Gaza was already killed by their family or public stoning. The percentage there is going to be significantly lower than any average.
1700 killings? You got a source for that?
Well we know your numbers are made up, so I can’t source your imaginary numbers
21,000 dead is not made up.
A huge deal was made one gay guy was killed for being gay last year. Its doubtful they were killing thousands or people would’ve similarly noticed.
It was a huge deal because he made it out of the west bank alive and was outspoken. Plenty more people that did not have such luck.
No, that would be the Palestinians. They will stone anyone discovered to be gay.
How convenient! There’s now thousands of orphans looking for homes!
Would be wild if hamas anounce the same…
They could start by not stoning anyone discovered to be gay.
You’re being downvoted, but you’re right.
Just because the people Hamas govern are having atrocities committed against them does not exempt Hamas, or Palestinians, from criticism. Especially not in matters unrelated to conflict.
I’m not gonna congratulate Israel for doing the right thing while they’re also committing genocide
