Indian Supreme Court Petitioned On Marriage Equality

December 19, 2022 Civil Rights, Mass Shootings

Four gay couples have asked India’s Supreme Court to recognise same-sex marriages, setting the stage for a legal face-off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government which has in the past refused to legalise such marriages.

The pleas have already triggered a debate on prime-time TV news and generated editorials in newspapers whether the time has come for the world’s largest democracy to join roughly three dozen countries where such marriages are legal.

The Indian Supreme Court cases, which follow many lawsuits filed in lower courts where no decision was reached, will be a key test for Modi’s Hindu nationalist government and his allies. On Monday, a federal lawmaker from Modi’s party appealed to colleagues to oppose legal recognition of marriage between same-sex couples.

Read the full article. India decriminalized homosexuality only four years ago.

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