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Israel's top court has upheld a law denying citizenship to Palestinians married to Israelis, with one judge saying it helped the Jewish state fend off "national suicide".
The ruling, Yishai told Israel Radio, served to stem "a situation in which, not too many years hence, we would find yourself losing the majority, (and) faced with terrorism".
But Interior Minister Eli Yishai, who congratulated the Supreme Court on Thursday, made clear that shoring up Israel's Jewish majority was also a concern.
Dissenting, Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch and four other justices described the freedom to marry as being at the heart of democratic principle.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, one of four petitioning groups, accused the Supreme Court of perpetuating a "racist law" and "failing to uphold basic human rights in the face of the tyranny of the Knesset (parliament)".
Originally posted by Vitchilo
That's a sick ruling...
To play devils advocate for a moment, at its most basic level, is a unique cultures attempts at self-preservation what sickens you?
Originally posted by Vitchilo
Well then nobody should marry anyone from any other religion or culture otherwise it's bad... I mean come on, we're not living (and don't want to live) in KKK land where cultures and people are divided and any interaction between cultures and religion is illegal. That is just INSANE.edit on 12-1-2012 by Vitchilo because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by CaticusMaximus
Originally posted by Vitchilo
That's a sick ruling...
To play devils advocate for a moment, at its most basic level, is a unique cultures attempts at self-preservation what sickens you? Or is it the implementation of such that is disturbing? If it is the latter, what you do different? If it is the former, why is it sickening for one culture to want to resist homogenization with another culture? Does not the self-preservation instinct extend beyond the proper functioning of ones own physical body into more abstract things like culture and society, making it only natural for a people to want to maintain their unique identity?edit on 1/12/2012 by CaticusMaximus because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
Didn't the Nazis think in terms of racial superiority and used genocide to their ends as well?