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Court established adultery as legitimate
Arutz Sheva ^ | 5/7/18 | Gil Ronen

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: adultery; court; legitimate; progressive
Leftard-ism marches ever backward, with pants firmly on head shirt, shirt on legs and head up a$$. It's all relative.
1 posted on 07/04/2018 10:58:14 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Delete first “shirt”. Typo.


2 posted on 07/04/2018 10:59:50 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

What happened to adultry being legit grounds for murder? /s


3 posted on 07/04/2018 11:59:34 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Eleutheria5

Activist judges are to the President as Rabbis are to God. Only God does not pretend He respects their dissention.


4 posted on 07/05/2018 12:03:59 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“Thou shalt not commit adultery” seems clear enough to me.


5 posted on 07/05/2018 12:11:27 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Eleutheria5

Many is the time I have wanted to delete some nasty little shirt.


6 posted on 07/05/2018 4:04:23 AM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: skr

Does this allow the woman to sue the adulterous man for support, as in divorce?


7 posted on 07/05/2018 4:06:58 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: Reno89519

I believe that’s called Sharia law.


8 posted on 07/05/2018 4:25:51 AM PDT by This I Wonder32460 (Our constitution was made only for a good and religious people. - John Adams)
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To: This I Wonder32460

used to be called a crime of passion


9 posted on 07/05/2018 5:31:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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