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The right to “join” a sect
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/right-join-sect

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Kholoud Sukkariyeh (R) and Nidal Darwish, who got married in defiance of #Lebanon's ban on civil unions, drink coffee next to Beiurt’s landmark Pigeon Rock on January 25, 2013. (Photo:AFP-Joseph Eid) Kholoud Sukkariyeh (R) and Nidal Darwish, who got married in defiance of Lebanon’s ban on civil unions, drink coffee next to Beiurt’s landmark Pigeon Rock on January 25, 2013. (Photo:AFP-Joseph Eid)

“Do you want your sect to be the mediator regulating your relationship with the state? Or do you not want this mediator?” This is the question posed to Lebanese citizens by Decree 60 LR. It allows them to choose between civil laws or religious laws to regulate their personal status and their relationship with the state. (...)

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