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Marry Goyim, Get Bupkis.

Link: Law Blog - WSJ.com : Marry Goyim, You Get Bupkis; Illinois Court Strikes 'Jewish Clause'.

Illinois dentist Max Feinberg's will said that any of his grandchildren who married non-Jews would get nothing. An Illinois appeals court ruling  has nullified that part of the will, saying it's "contrary to public policy". 

The great majority of the commenters on the Wall Street Journal's blog post on this are absolutely right: No one has a right to inherit except for a spouse; Mr. Feinberg was free to do whatever he wanted with his money, and while that is usually a merely statutory right, one so time-honored (since the 14th Century) that it is like common law, in this case it is also the free exercise of religion.

As one of the WSJ commenters said, "it is not the public’s money, and therefore has nothing to do with public policy."

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