سليمان ينتقد عدم احالة الزواج المدني للبرلمان وميقاتي: لسنا بحاجة إلى إشكالية إضافية

civil marriage is the first step out of confessionalism ad away from the men of cloth of all sides.
it is vital that it happens for the future of our kids.

I have married in cyprus, and the process is the same as being married in a religious place or by a cloth man. To the people who say its easier to get divorced, i say no, its the same commitment, the same words that a cloth man uses is mentioned at the civil marriage.
How come they allow divorce so easily and yet get married freely is a crime!!!!!
can a religious man answer this to me?
Divorce is halal, sometimes for the stupidist reason, and civil marriage is not?
Its only still banned because its a money source for all religious clerk men.

Bravo for Suleiman for sticking with this issue. I hope he carries on and is not deterred. What can we do to support this? How can we "own" this issue and pressure the politicians??

I hope the Lebanese listen to President Suleiman and ignore the Grand Mufti Qabbani.

wanting civil marriage to be implemented does not mean 'hate religion'.
under normal civil marriage laws, you can still choose to have your religious marriage ceremony, but the legal marriage is the civil one.

Apostate! really??? WOW ... just becuase the men of the cloth will not be earning their fee to perform the duties that they should be doing for free, since they are men of God, they go ahead and call us Apostates?! What are they afraid of? this is not the dark ages anymore so scaring us that we will lose our plots in heaven wont work (I hope!).
I married my wife who is from the same sect as mine through a civil marriage in Cyprus ... we are both very religious, yet we chose to get married through a civil marriage. This is not a religious matter, it is a personal matter and this is what these people are failing to understand.

Optional Civil Marriage is considered a "Great Sin" leading to apostasy?? What about people cheating on their spouses, Murderers, Criminals, Thieves??? Never heard of one of those who's been expelled from their religion... Is Civil Marriage even worse?