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India inches closer to legalising same-s*x marriage :marseyhomosupremacist: :marseytunaktunak:

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/03/india-same-sex-marriage-petition-inches-closer

The Indian Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in favour of same-s*x marriage this week.

As part of a set of petitions issued by two same-s*x couples, the New Delhi court will hear arguments for the recognition of same-s*x marriage on Friday (6 January).

The lead petition, filed by gay couple Supriyo Chakraborty and Abhay Dange, has argued that denying LGBTQ+ citizens the right to marry is an affront to their right to equality.

Currently, India does not officially recognise same-s*x marriage, but allows couples to engage in an “unregistered cohabitation.”

This effectively means that same-s*x couples aren't legally permitted to inherit assets or adopt. It can also complicate hospital visits if one-half of the couple is under strict visitation rules when hospitalised.

The petitioners have argued that, since inter-faith heterosexual couples are protected via Supreme Court rulings, then LGBTQ+ couples would naturally follow.

The second petition, filed by Parth Phiroze Mehrotra and Uday Raj, argues that barring LGBTQ+ couples from marriage equality violates several articles of the constitution.

"If the petitioners, as a same-s*x couple, enjoyed access to the civil institution of marriage, they would not face untold practical difficulties, both vis-a-vis each other and their children," the petition read.

"The denial of the fundamental right of marriage to persons like the petitioners is a complete violation of constitutional law."

As part of the 6 January hearing, the Indian government is expected to voice its opinion on both petitions, as well as its current position on same-s*x marriage.

Indian government unlikely to support same-s*x marriage

Prime minister Modi's government previously declared that same-s*x couples in India "cannot claim a fundamental right for same-s*x marriage" during a similar hearing in 2021.

It clarified its stance to the Delhi High Court, where it said that LGBTQ+ couples do not deserve the same rights as "traditional" heterosexual couples.

"Living together as partners and having a sexual relationship by same-s*x individuals is not comparable with the Indian family unit concept of a husband, wife and children," the government told the High Court.

While the government's position is unlikely to change, a shift in public perception toward LGBTQ+ couples could see a victory for petitioners in a similar fashion to the decriminalisation of same-s*x relationships in 2018.

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Didn't read but good luck bhai, i Hope Poland will make such couples recognized by ław top

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