Posted on 07/04/2018 10:58:14 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Rabbi Ya'akov Yakir, of the Torat Hamedina (Torah of the State) program at the Beit Orot Yeshiva, published a study that found that under Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak, the state recognized adultery as a bond that was no less legitimate than marriage.
This means that if, for example, a married woman maintains an intimate relationship with a man married to another woman, the man may sue the woman for the alleged commitment she made to him in the context of their relationship, or vice versa.
"There are two families here," he explained. "We claim in the study that the family is built on a mutual commitment between man and woman, a loyalty that creates unity, and thus sustains the family. There is commitment here in two families that the obligation of the adultery agreement attacks."
In the 1960s, Rabbi Yakir explained, the Supreme Court refused to discuss such cases and relied on the Contracts Law for this purpose, holding that the agreement between the adulterers was immoral and illegal. However, as stated, Justice Barak changed this approach, arguing that marriage does not really obligate the couple to be loyal.
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Delete first “shirt”. Typo.
What happened to adultry being legit grounds for murder? /s
Activist judges are to the President as Rabbis are to God. Only God does not pretend He respects their dissention.
“Thou shalt not commit adultery” seems clear enough to me.
Many is the time I have wanted to delete some nasty little shirt.
Does this allow the woman to sue the adulterous man for support, as in divorce?
I believe that’s called Sharia law.
used to be called a crime of passion
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