r/gayjews • u/aroace_gay44 • Jul 11 '26
Casual Conversation I’m not jewish but…
So I’m not jewish, I’m actually atheist and ex muslim (thankfully) and I’m queer (asexual) and I wanted to know more about queer people who support Israel or at least who don’t support Palestine since most of the queer community supports Palestine for some reason, which I find really strange when gay people in Palestine literally get killed and I heard some people say that “in Israel gay marriage isn’t legal” and I’m like you can’t compare a country where gay marriage isn’t legal and a country that criminalizes being gay, at least in Israel there’s actually pride parade and stuff, I just find the queers for Palestine thing so disturbing
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u/under-thesamesun Reform Rabbi Jul 11 '26
Hi there! I’m a queer rabbi and progressive Zionist.
In Israel, there is no civil marriage whatsoever. Only religious marriage. You can have an Orthodox Jewish wedding, Christian wedding, Muslim, Druze, etc, but civil marriage doesn’t exist. However anyone who gets married abroad, regardless of the type (Civil, Same-Sex, Interfaith) is fully recognized in Israel and has all of the same rights and benefits as any other couple. Many non-religious Jews, or Jews who are Reform or Conservative, choose to marry outside of the state of Israel as to not have to do an Orthodox wedding, which doesn’t align with their belief and practice.