Let’s make civil marriage happen
Lebanon doesn’t have different religions. It has only one. Money. If you want to know why civil marriage is still unavailable in this country, don’t look into holly books. Look into accountancy books. See how much revenue religious marriage generates. Then you’ll understand why religious institutions are so passionately against it. And why they’ll do anything to stop it from happening. What about politicians? They talk a lot about it, many claim to be in favor of it, but strangely, they don’t do much to make it happen. Why? In a constitutionally sectarian country like ours, what defines politicians is the religion and sect they belong to. Here, there are no left and right wings, no republicans and democrats, no labour and conservatives. Here, there are christians and muslims. There are maronites, orthodox, sunnis, shia, druze... It’s only in that sectarian quality that politicians can hold office. No wonder none of them dares to challenge the religious marriage business and up...