Comments on: The ONLY Time Lebanese Religious Leaders Agree! http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:08:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nour http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-26112 Nour Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:07:30 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-26112 Most of the Lebanese people are going abroad in order to get married. I don't think that what the religious parties are doing is affecting people's decisions. Most of the Lebanese people are going abroad in order to get married. I don’t think that what the religious parties are doing is affecting people’s decisions.

]]> By: Elie http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-26019 Elie Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:55:06 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-26019 Hey, I don't have a girl avatar. Hey, I don’t have a girl avatar.

]]> By: sareen http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-26017 sareen Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:35:13 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-26017 *fingers crossed*! :D *fingers crossed*! :D

]]> By: sareen http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-26016 sareen Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:34:53 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-26016 Indeed Indeed

]]> By: sareen http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-26015 sareen Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:34:40 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-26015 With the way things are going, that modern law is going to collect a LOT of dust in the parliament's drawers! With the way things are going, that modern law is going to collect a LOT of dust in the parliament’s drawers!

]]> By: sareen http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-26014 sareen Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:33:49 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-26014 That's insane Hani! I can't believe that happened with you! How idiotic is this country?! That’s insane Hani! I can’t believe that happened with you! How idiotic is this country?!

]]> By: sareen http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-26013 sareen Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:33:03 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-26013 Lol, it's the only time I wish they didn't! Lol, it’s the only time I wish they didn’t!

]]> By: hani http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-25988 hani Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:19:21 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-25988 We had a reverse problem. My wife and I got married in a church in Cyprus, as it was impossible to get married in Lebanon at the time, due to the war in 1990. The challenge was trying to register our religious marriage in Lebanon, as the authorities were only used to civil marriages from that country. It took us 10 years and three kids to finally register our marriage here, after major intervention from our local church and having to redo much of the paperwork. Go figure. We had a reverse problem. My wife and I got married in a church in Cyprus, as it was impossible to get married in Lebanon at the time, due to the war in 1990. The challenge was trying to register our religious marriage in Lebanon, as the authorities were only used to civil marriages from that country. It took us 10 years and three kids to finally register our marriage here, after major intervention from our local church and having to redo much of the paperwork. Go figure.

]]> By: sareen http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-25987 sareen Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:02:06 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-25987 Hah, you got me there... Hah, you got me there…

]]> By: roger http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-25985 roger Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:26:20 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-25985 "...But the drawback in doing that is you lose a lot of your governmental rights as will any children you have! ..." Funny, I didn't know we have governmental rights? I was under the impression that those are only rights of the heirs of sitting government officials. “…But the drawback in doing that is you lose a lot of your governmental rights as will any children you have! …”

Funny, I didn’t know we have governmental rights? I was under the impression that those are only rights of the heirs of sitting government officials.

]]> By: Nizar http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-25981 Nizar Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:47:17 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-25981 There is also a legal dispute over whether the marriages performed using these "loopholes" are legal at all. It is not (only) about pressure from religious institutions, it's also about the prerogatives of "Ketib al-Adel," which is not supposed to perform any marriages. However, of course the Parliament has refused to approve a civil personal status law mainly because of the pressure from religious institution. A very modern law has been in the parliament's drawers since March 2011. There is also a legal dispute over whether the marriages performed using these “loopholes” are legal at all. It is not (only) about pressure from religious institutions, it’s also about the prerogatives of “Ketib al-Adel,” which is not supposed to perform any marriages.
However, of course the Parliament has refused to approve a civil personal status law mainly because of the pressure from religious institution.
A very modern law has been in the parliament’s drawers since March 2011.

]]> By: haitham http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-25980 haitham Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:27:52 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-25980 one day, one day *insert optimistic smiley here* one day, one day *insert optimistic smiley here*

]]> By: Michael Corley http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-25979 Michael Corley Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:42:54 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-25979 Sad but true. Sad but true.

]]> By: sareen http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-25978 sareen Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:57:26 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-25978 Elie, I have a feeling with the power that religious figures have over here, those papers are never going to get signed unfortunately. Like I said, getting married according to a loophole is NOT the way to go. You need REAL laws. Elie, I have a feeling with the power that religious figures have over here, those papers are never going to get signed unfortunately.

Like I said, getting married according to a loophole is NOT the way to go. You need REAL laws.

]]> By: Elie http://inkontheside.com/2015/03/23/the-only-time-lebanese-religious-leaders-agree/#comment-25977 Elie Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:39:57 +0000 http://inkontheside.com/?p=3545#comment-25977 Another problem with the loophole way some are using to get a civil marriage in Lebanon is that the marriage needs approval by the ministry of interior affairs, which is something that the current minister isn't doing mainly because of the religious backlash especially given his background. There was a protest a while back from Bliss St. up to his office at Sanayeh to highlight specifically how he's not signing those marriages into approval, especially that they are - for all purposes at least - legal. Another problem with the loophole way some are using to get a civil marriage in Lebanon is that the marriage needs approval by the ministry of interior affairs, which is something that the current minister isn’t doing mainly because of the religious backlash especially given his background. There was a protest a while back from Bliss St. up to his office at Sanayeh to highlight specifically how he’s not signing those marriages into approval, especially that they are – for all purposes at least – legal.

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