A new poll commissioned by the Women's Lobby and the Jerusalem Center for Justice says 57 percent of the Israeli public favors passage of a law that would allow a Jewish couple to choose between a secular marriage and one peformed by the rabbinate. According to the poll, 69 percent said that they would opt for the rabbinate.
The poll was released in conjunction with a gathering on Thursday sponsored by the two groups entitled, "Secular Marriage: A Revolutionary Solution or a Big Bluff?" Chairman Rina Bar-Tal of the Women's Lobby told the gathering that the poll proved that the religious establishment had nothing to fear from secular marriages.