Måjðr Mïkê

We all have seen people getting married on TV shows, movies, plays and so on and I always said that technically since they are saying the words, passing the ring, aren’t they legally married? Well it would always come down to the priest wasn’t real and it was obviously a joke and that was enough. Apparently the standards of common sense are only applicable in this hemisphere.

I guess in Israel, there is no room for jokes and the rules of Statutory Rape don’t apply since you can get married as a joke with no rabbi or priest present and as long as you sleep with her and make sure you are not more than 3 years older, its a done deal, even if your bride is 14. Wow, who knew it would be this easy, right. Now I know you are thinking, this is a joke, he is pulling our legs and being silly, that can’t possibly happen in today’s civilized world, can it?

You don’t believe me, read this:

JERUSALEM – An Israeli girl has become a divorcee at the age of 14.

It all began as a lark, in a schoolyard where a 17-year-old boy recently declared the girl his wife, reciting a Jewish ritual vow in front of witnesses, and she accepted his ring.

That, and what a spokeswoman for Israel’s Rabbinical Courts said was the consummation of their marriage, was enough to make them man and wife in the Jewish state.

Spokeswoman Efrat Orbach, describing the girl as the youngest Jewish divorcee in Israel’s modern history, said the couple was granted a rabbinical divorce this week.

Under Israeli criminal law, sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl are not illegal as long as her male partner is no more than three years her senior.

Original MSNBC Article

So if you are a pedophile in training like the 17 year old, or just want to justify premarital sex without getting in trouble for it, or just like to be efficient and get it done with no fuss, Israel is your destination. Just don’t forget to convert and learn the scriptures well, you don’t want to get it wrong and make it void on a technicality. Mazal tov. I guess now I know how my great grand mother got married at the age of 9, its all about the technicalities.

I have been raised a Baha’i and I am damn proud of it. Unfortunately I have not always been the best example of a Baha’i but I can say with absolute certainty that I have been a good human and I have tried hard. So I guess with shame I must admit I would be categorized as a non-practicing Baha’i and a practicing good human. I think this says it all:

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.