This issue is just not going to go away. No matter how much some people would like it to. So it's way past time to just deal with it and move on. This is worse than no solution at all.
The Kadima-led coalition plans to present a civil marriage bill that has the backing of the Orthodox rabbinic establishment, but it offers only a limited solution to the plight of thousands of Israeli citizens who cannot get married in Israel.
The bill, drafted by Justice Minister Meir Sheetrit in consultation with leading rabbis, including the chief rabbis, is expected to allow a marriage between two Israeli citizens who are defined as non-Jews according to Orthodox Jewish law and who do not belong to any other religion.
Only those Israelis who can prove they are not Jewish would be allowed to marry in a civil ceremony.
