79% of Israelis Back Gay Marriage

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-79-of-israelis-back-gay-marriage-or-civil-unions/

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Respondents were asked, “do you think same-sex couples should be permitted to marry or have civil unions in Israel? (A civil union is not a marriage, but it grants similar rights and responsibilities).”

The results indicated a three-point bump in support as compared to the 2016 findings. It also marked a significant rise from the 64% who supported the measure in 2015. In 2009, only a slim majority of Jewish Israelis said “yes” to the question on a Hiddush-commissioned poll.

In Israel, though same-sex marriage is not technically illegal, there is no institution authorized to carry it out. In a system inherited from Ottoman times, people can only marry in Israel through their religious institutions: Jewish couples must marry through the Chief Rabbinate, which refuses to carry out same sex marriages, and Christians, Druze and Muslims all marry through their own state-sanctioned and publicly funded religious legal systems.

When divided by political party affiliation, 84% of Likud voters indicated support for either gay marriage or civil unions for same-sex couples.

Among the religious-nationalist Jewish Home party, 65% supported either or both