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Same-sex marriage verdict: Can unmarried partners, gay couples now adopt in India?
1 year, 2 months ago

Same-sex marriage verdict: Can unmarried partners, gay couples now adopt in India?

Firstpost  

CJI DY Chandrachud in a ruling on Tuesday struck down the Central Adoption Resource Authority regulations which stop gay and unmarried couples from adopting. However, the five-judge Supreme Court bench in a 3-2 verdict stated that non-heterosexual couples cannot be granted the right to jointly adopt While India’s Supreme Court declined to legalise same-sex marriage and did not grant gay …

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Advocates and intended parents 'urgently' wait for WA's new surrogacy laws, but it's too late for some
1 year, 4 months ago

Advocates and intended parents 'urgently' wait for WA's new surrogacy laws, but it's too late for some

ABC  

For Perth man Ric De Castro, becoming a parent via a surrogate would have been the "greatest gift" and a dream, but the process is illegal for him in Western Australia. Key points: WA is the only state or territory where surrogacy is illegal for gay couples It is also illegal for single men like Ric De Castro The government …

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The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples
1 year, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled on Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the court’s six conservative justices that the First Amendment “envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all …

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David Cameron: Gay pride? Of course I have gay pride!
1 year, 6 months ago

David Cameron: Gay pride? Of course I have gay pride!

The Independent  

It was a familiar scene. It was only through long conversations with colleagues, friends and my wife, Samantha, that I became convinced that denying gay couples the ability to get married made them feel like their love for one another counted for less than straight couples’. I joked, “So, you want this Conservative to persuade that Democrat to legalise gay …

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Italian government limits parental rights of gay couples
1 year, 9 months ago

Italian government limits parental rights of gay couples

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Gay rights activists on Tuesday …

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Indian gay couples begin legal battle for same-sex marriage
1 year, 10 months ago

Indian gay couples begin legal battle for same-sex marriage

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Utkarsh Saxena and Ananya Kotia’s love story began just like any other college romance. If legalized, India would become the second economy in Asia after Taiwan to recognize same-sex marriage, a significant right for the country’s LGBTQ community more than four years after the top court decriminalized gay sex. A favorable ruling would also make India the …

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Gay couples in India take their fight for marriage equality to the Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Gay couples in India take their fight for marriage equality to the Supreme Court

LA Times  

Utkarsh Saxena, left, and his partner, Ananya Kotia, have filed a petition with India’s Supreme Court seeking the legalization of same-sex marriage. A ruling for marriage equality would also make India the world’s biggest democracy with such a right for LGBTQ couples but would run counter to the ruling Hindu nationalist government’s position, which opposes same-sex marriages. The decision was …

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Why is the Church of England taking us backwards on same-sex marriage?
1 year, 10 months ago

Why is the Church of England taking us backwards on same-sex marriage?

The Independent  

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Explained: How CJI DY Chandrachud has fared in his first month in office
2 years ago

Explained: How CJI DY Chandrachud has fared in his first month in office

Firstpost  

Justice DY Chandrachud in his first month in office has made several significant judicial and administrative decisions, including deciding to investigate gay couples’ right to marry and ordering the protection of an area in Gyanvapi complex where a’shivling’ is said to have been discovered New Delhi: In his first month in office, Justice DY Chandrachud has taken several key judicial …

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Gay couples in Cuba marry under new law
2 years, 1 month ago

Gay couples in Cuba marry under new law

Associated Press  

SANTA CLARA, Cuba — Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses – despite the midday Cuban heat – Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up the ten steps of the notary office, their hands clenched and shaking. It became a possibility just three weeks before on the island when Cuba’s new Family Code – opening up everything from equal …

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Love is Love: Cuba joins a growing list of nations that have legalised same-sex marriages
2 years, 2 months ago

Love is Love: Cuba joins a growing list of nations that have legalised same-sex marriages

Firstpost  

Cuba has voted to legalise same-sex marriages. This will now hold true for all couples in Cuba as the country has legalised same-sex marriages. Costa Rica In 2020, Costa Rica lifted the ban on same-sex marriage nearly two years after the country’s Supreme Court said banning gay marriage was unconstitutional. Ecuador Ecuador’s apex court passed an order to recognise same-sex …

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Vatican refuses to bless same-sex unions under Pope Francis, saying God 'cannot bless sin'
3 years, 9 months ago

Vatican refuses to bless same-sex unions under Pope Francis, saying God 'cannot bless sin'

ABC  

The Vatican has announced that priests cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are not valid. Key points: The Catholic Church says it welcomes gay people but not their relationships The ruling was approved by Pope Francis who has supported civil protections for gay couples A leading gay Catholics group described the news as "not surprising but disappointing" It …

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The tentative rise of gay weddings on Indian screens
3 years, 9 months ago

The tentative rise of gay weddings on Indian screens

Live Mint  

What does a gay wedding look like in your imagination? On 25 February 2021, the Government of India filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court, stating that “the acceptance of the institution of marriage between two individuals of the same gender is neither recognised nor accepted in any uncodified personal laws or any codified statutory laws.” Marriage equality will …

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Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions
4 years, 2 months ago

Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions

Daily Mail  

Pope Francis has endorsed same-sex civil unions, saying in a documentary that homosexual people are 'children of God' and that they 'have the right to be in a family'. Pope Francis has endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time since taking the papal role How previous popes have approached same-sex civil unions John Paul II John Paul II Pope …

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'Our Culture & Law Do Not Recognize The Concept Of Same-Sex Marriages' : SG Tells Delhi HC
4 years, 3 months ago

'Our Culture & Law Do Not Recognize The Concept Of Same-Sex Marriages' : SG Tells Delhi HC

Live Law  

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta has opposed a plea filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to recognize the rights of same-sex couples to get married under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956. "As per law, a marriage is only between a husband and a wife", argued Mehta to urge that the Hindu Marriage Act itself did not recognize same-sex …

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