Attorney General improves citizenship laws for LGBT couples
Avichai Mandelblit tells High Court of Justice that foreign same-sex marriages will be treated as identical as heterosexual marriages when it comes to applying for citizenship; Attorney: ‘This is great news for the gay community...In Israel in 2017, there is no place for discriminatory commentary on the basis of sexual orientation.’
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit informed the High Court of Justice (HCJ) on Thursday of his decision to make the process for acquiring Israeli citizenship the same for LGBT foreign couples as straight foreign couples.
“This is a huge victory,” said the chairman of the Gay Dads Association Udi Ledergor, whose organization filed the petition. “The old procedure struck a fatal blow to the possibility of same-sex couples from becoming parents and giving their children the status they deserve. We decided to attack all the main discriminatory elements, one of which is the absence of naturalization possibilities for foreign spouses.”
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