02
May
2013
Civil marriage pioneers say their child will have no sect
The child of the first civil marriage on Lebanese soil will have no sect, newlywed and mother-to-be Kholoud Succariyeh said Thursday. Succariyeh and her husband Nidal Darwish have been waiting several months for Interior Minister Marwan Charbel to approve their marriage, which was conducted by a notary public last November after the couple had removed their sectarian identities from public records. Charbel, who originally announced he would not sign off on the marriage, is now waiting for the clarification of a Justice Ministry committee on the matter. He recently told a local media outlet that because the pair had a…
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