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I know, provocative title. Izziehuggers are chomping at the bit to refute
it.
Start by reading this article straight from a country that
shares western values. To see how modern and western Israel really is it
is necessary to read only one paragraph.
To force her to accept the divorce, the rabbinical court blocked her from
leaving the country, restricted her bank account and suspended her driver's
license. But the woman remained firm.
There is nothing misleading in that quote. In fact in reading what leads up
to it including the headline "Jerusalem Rabbinical Court wants woman
jailed for refusing to accept divorce" you expect to find a simple
statement such as the police laughed them out of the station.
All you izziehuggers who have apologized for the absence of civil marriage
in Israel saying it isn't all that different eat your lying words. Rabbis
control marriage, divorce and have police powers to enforce the decisions of
their primitive religious courts. What's next? Crucifixion?
14 August 2011 update
The woman has been fined 200,000 shekels in addition to the above. Shekels
are what Israel calls money. It is about $US60,000. That is real money for
refusing to obey the diktats of an unelected religious tyranny.
Progressive Israeli values
Warning! Israeli newspapers hide or sanitize embarrassing articles. Do not
expect always to find them.
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