Even without entering the debate on marriage equality, India’s laws are already punishing same-sex couples in small and large ways that are rarely discussed.
On 17 October 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the plea for queer persons' right to marry. A year later, a discussion on lawyer Rohin Bhatt’s book discloses what went wrong.
The royal endorsement was published in the official royal gazette late Tuesday, meaning the bill will come into force in 120 days, which would be 22 January, 2025.
Francis has confirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to LGBT marriages, but has repeatedly said same-sex couples have a right to be protected by civil union laws.
Opinion polls show Greeks are split on the issue. The powerful Orthodox Church believes homosexuality is a sin, while many in the LGBT community believe the bill does not go far enough.
Thursday he mentioned the continuing debate between progressives and conservatives 60 years after Second Vatican Council, which ushered the Church into the modern world.
Ten Poles argued that vast majority of Council of Europe member states offered same-sex couples right to marry and asserted that they were disadvantaged.
Petitioners had argued in SC that same-sex couples must have a right to adopt children. Adoption by couples currently restricted to those in ‘stable marital relationship’.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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