وأضافت أن لبنان أُسِّس تحت دستور حرّرته الطوائف الدينية الكثيرة في ذلك البلد، التي رفض بعضها القبول بخيار قانون مستقل للأحوال الشخصية.
Lebanon had been established under a Constitution which had been drawn up by the many religious denominations of that country, some of which had refused to accept the option of an independent personal status code.