Americans make a great deal of the separation of church & state.
Israel is a fine example of what happens when there's no such divide.
In Israel, courts are forbidden from ordering a paternity test which may
prove the husband is NOT the father. This is because of Jewish law which
states that a child born to a married woman from someone who isn't her
husband, is an official BASTARD.
And in Judaism, bastards are forbidden from marrying, praying in the
synagogue and other restrictions. Bastardness is also hereditary - the
descendants of a bastard are also bastards, to the 7th generation.
So to prevent the religious harm to future generations, divorced men
are forced to pay child support for children who are clearly and visibly
not theirs.
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