#Civil_marriage Struggle in #Lebanon Back to Square One
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23598
http://english.al-akhbar.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/4cols/leading_images/tahtah-%2813%29.gif Under the pretext of “fighting extremism” by “eliminating excuses,” Minister of Interior and Municipalities #Nouhad_al-Machnouk is determined to return the issue of civil marriage to square one, reversing all the progress made by non-sectarian forces. Former interior ministers #Ziad_Baroud and #Marwan_Charbel confirm that the procedures they followed to cross out confessional identities on civil registry records, and allow the registration of civil marriage contracts in Lebanon, were entirely legal, and that the reluctance to implement (or desire to annul) them is tantamount to stripping a segment of Lebanese citizens of their civil (...)
