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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicSame sex marriage

Topic: same sex marriage

SubscriberWrites: Beyond prejudice: Recognizing the importance of same-sex marriage in India

Denying legal recognition and protections to same-sex couples undermines their fundamental rights and principles of equal citizenship.

Procreation isn’t a prerequisite for marriage. Law cannot ignore its own history

Indian courts and legislatures have always leaned toward the democratisation of marriage even when social morality rigidly stood against such changes.

Romania fails to uphold rights of same-sex couples, rules European Court of Human Rights

The ruling, which says the government has breached the European convention on human rights, comes after 21 Romanian same-sex couples filed challenged with the court in 2019-2020.

There are pre-conditions in Special Marriage Act that same-sex marriage debate is ignoring

Recognition of same-sex marriage will eliminate legal differences between men and women, which is essential to sustain protective discrimination on the basis of gender.

Rajasthan, Andhra, Assam oppose same-sex marriage in SC, UP & Maharashtra want ‘consultations’

Manipur, Sikkim and five other states have responded to central government's call for their opinions on same-sex marriage. Rajasthan says 'it can cause disharmony'.

‘Elements of marriage protected by Constitution’, says SC as it hears same-sex marriage pleas

Procreation is not a condition for social acceptance of marriage or its legal validity, says Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud while hearing a batch of petitions.

SC cautious with same-sex marriage case. Keeping personal laws out is in state’s interest

The Supreme Court’s decision to narrow its focus should not restrict the queer community’s rights to only one Act.

Same-sex marriage can give rise to new problem of child sexual abuse, says Hindu Right press

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the last couple of weeks.

Allowing same-sex marriage will bring down the divorce rates of ‘straight’ marriages

My gay friends who got married in their late 20s are now going to courts in their late 30s to settle their divorce cases.

Not marriage, but we could grant certain legal rights to gay couples instead, says govt. SC says ‘fair offer’

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday termed the Modi government’s proposal to constitute a committee to examine whether certain legal rights could be granted...

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