re: #2 CuriousLurker
I was just reading an article on Slate the other day that asserted Israel won’t legalize gay marriage any time soon for a host of very complicated religious & political reasons, but that there might be a chance for compromise on civil unions for heterosexual couples (which is currently not allowed either—something I wasn’t previously aware of).
Since I’m not Jewish, have ever been to Israel, and don’t know much about its laws & politics I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the article, but I assume it would be easy enough to fact check. Or someone here will correct things. ;)
I do not see any inaccuracies in the Slate article, it describes the situation pretty well.