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The Pros And Cons Of Civil Marriage

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(INTRO)They are madly in love, they are Lebanese. But they can’t get married and live the life they want since she is a Muslim, and he is a Christian. There is no law that would help those citizens in love to live together under the same roof. One of the most crucial laws that should be implemented and practiced in our constitutional law is the civil marriage law. Various citizens from different backgrounds, religions, and sects would prefer to live freely and remove their sect and religion from their official papers. Civil marriage in the eyes of many is a civil right. Civil marriage used to exist a long time ago but only until recently had the Lebanese people started accepting it much more, and the latest statistics show that more than 2000 Lebanese get married every year according to estimates by an activist campaigning for a civil marriage law approval. (Dhumieres, 2011). Also based on a law, …show more content…

Civil marriage should in fact be imposed, implemented and made both legal and possible not just in Lebanon but also in the Arab world as a whole, considering the fact that not just the Arab world but the whole Middle East is becoming westernized, so why stop at this right in specific. If civil marriage were to be banned or opposed, then so shall many other things as well that also go against religion but still are being practiced. Two wrongs do not make a right, so politicians and religious leaders should indeed beam the light on the matter of civil marriage and have it legalized because either way we find Lebanese citizens travelling abroad to get married civilly when it could simply be implemented inside the country itself. Civil marriage is trending nowadays by which it is being subjected to a lot of criticism mostly by religious parties. Therefore some criticism can be minimized by negotiable arguments and logical

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