[LB] i LAIQUE IT !

"All the Lebanese are equal before the law. They enjoy equal civil and political rights and are equally subjected to public charges and duties without any distinction whatever." [Art.7 Lebanese Constitution] 

The third secular march towards citizenship took place on sunday [May 6th 2012]. Lebanese people and other residents gathered under "I LAIQUE IT" for a march from Jnaynit sanaye3 to 3en el mrayseh in Beirut.

Among the marchers were the Lebanese “secular clowns,” a West African percussion group and secular clubs from universities throughout Lebanon. For the first time, secular clubs from Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) and l'Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) were in attendance. While the AUB's Secular Club long a mainstay of such movements.

Photo: DashLB

The Laïque Pride supports the following:

1- Enacting a unified Civil Code for the Personal Status Law.

2- Passing the Law for Protection of Women from Family Violence submitted by KAFA to the Lebanese parliament.  

3- Abolishing article 522 of the penal law, which drops charges against a rapist if he marries his victim.

4- Amending the nationality law for the full right of Lebanese women to grant their nationality to their children and spouses.

5- Passing the Draft Law Prohibiting the Pre-Censorship on Cinema and Theatre launched by Maharat Foundation and Marsad Al-Raqaba. 

6- Withdrawing the draft law Lebanese Internet Regulation Act (LIRA) proposed by the Lebanese Ministry of Information.

AUB Secular Club:

Founded in 2008 by a group of social activists at AUB that are mainly students from different sects, religions, and regions in Lebanon. They are also from different schools: Engineering, Business and Finance, Medicine, Architecture ... The group aims at promoting awareness regarding the necessity of evaluating people, thoughts, and ideas in the society according to objective, impartial standards rather than sectarian ones. Its concern is providing an environment that is conducive to social interaction, free of sectarian, political and religious prejudice and stereotypes.

Sea view of AUB from "the Bench" where students of the club were gathering during their freetime to discuss social, political, religious issues and taboos in their societies.