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What Are Supreme Court's Directives To Centre, States On Queer Rights
Same-Sex Marriage Verdict: The Supreme Court today directed the Centre and the state governments to ensure that queer people are not discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation.
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On Same-Sex Marriage, Centre's Incest Query, Snub From Court
A green signal to same sex marriage in India may give people license challenge the bar on other socially unaccepted relationships including incest, the Centre argued today in the Supreme Court.
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No Legal Right For Same-Sex Marriage Is "Clear Discrimination": Petitioner
The petitioners seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to recognise their right to marry saying there can't be a situation where the court will say it will give nothing as it can't give everything.
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No Data To Back Centre's "Urban Elitist" Argument, Says Chief Justice
Same-sex marriages cannot be termed urban elitist concepts just because more people from cities are coming out of the closet, the Supreme Court said today while hearing arguments seeking legal sanction for gay marriages.
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Blog: Ours Was India's First Gay Marriage. What Is So Wrong About It?
Gay marriages have been legal in western countries for a long time. Have those societies collapsed? What is the Centre afraid of?
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It's "Urban Elitist" View To Seek Legal Validation Of Gay Marriage: Centre
Terming the petitions seeking legal validation of same-sex marriage as one which reflect an "urban elitist" view, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that recognition of marriage is essentially a legislative function.
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Supreme Court To Hear Requests On Same-Sex Marriages On Monday
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages on Monday.
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Supreme Court Gives Centre 4 Weeks To Respond To Pleas For Recognition Of Gay Marriages
The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the central government to separate pleas by two gay couples seeking enforcement of their right to marry and a direction to the authorities to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act.
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Mexico Legalises Same-Sex Marriage
Same-sex marriage has become legal throughout Mexico after the state of Tamaulipas became the last in the mostly Catholic country to approve it, the local Congress said Wednesday.
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Cubans Approve Same-Sex Marriage, Surrogacy In Referendum
Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.
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From Marriage To Death Penalty: LGBT Rights Across The World
Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.
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Taiwanese Same-Sex Couples Tie Knot For 1st Time At Military Wedding
Waving rainbow flags and shedding tears of joy, two Taiwanese same-sex couples tied the knot on Friday at a mass wedding hosted by the military in another landmark for Asia's LGBT community.
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"There'll Be Dad And Mum": Vladimir Putin Rules Out Legalising Gay Marriage
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalise gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin.
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Kerala Gay Couple Moves High Court To Legalise Marriage
A gay couple approached the Kerala High Court seeking to get their marriage registered legally, to strike down certain provisions under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, and declare them as unconstitutional.
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Taiwan Legislature Approves Asia's First Same-Sex Marriage Law
Taiwan's parliament legalised same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation.
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What Are Supreme Court's Directives To Centre, States On Queer Rights
Same-Sex Marriage Verdict: The Supreme Court today directed the Centre and the state governments to ensure that queer people are not discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation.
-
On Same-Sex Marriage, Centre's Incest Query, Snub From Court
A green signal to same sex marriage in India may give people license challenge the bar on other socially unaccepted relationships including incest, the Centre argued today in the Supreme Court.
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No Legal Right For Same-Sex Marriage Is "Clear Discrimination": Petitioner
The petitioners seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to recognise their right to marry saying there can't be a situation where the court will say it will give nothing as it can't give everything.
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No Data To Back Centre's "Urban Elitist" Argument, Says Chief Justice
Same-sex marriages cannot be termed urban elitist concepts just because more people from cities are coming out of the closet, the Supreme Court said today while hearing arguments seeking legal sanction for gay marriages.
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Blog: Ours Was India's First Gay Marriage. What Is So Wrong About It?
Gay marriages have been legal in western countries for a long time. Have those societies collapsed? What is the Centre afraid of?
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It's "Urban Elitist" View To Seek Legal Validation Of Gay Marriage: Centre
Terming the petitions seeking legal validation of same-sex marriage as one which reflect an "urban elitist" view, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that recognition of marriage is essentially a legislative function.
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Supreme Court To Hear Requests On Same-Sex Marriages On Monday
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages on Monday.
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Supreme Court Gives Centre 4 Weeks To Respond To Pleas For Recognition Of Gay Marriages
The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the central government to separate pleas by two gay couples seeking enforcement of their right to marry and a direction to the authorities to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act.
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Mexico Legalises Same-Sex Marriage
Same-sex marriage has become legal throughout Mexico after the state of Tamaulipas became the last in the mostly Catholic country to approve it, the local Congress said Wednesday.
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Cubans Approve Same-Sex Marriage, Surrogacy In Referendum
Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.
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From Marriage To Death Penalty: LGBT Rights Across The World
Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.
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Taiwanese Same-Sex Couples Tie Knot For 1st Time At Military Wedding
Waving rainbow flags and shedding tears of joy, two Taiwanese same-sex couples tied the knot on Friday at a mass wedding hosted by the military in another landmark for Asia's LGBT community.
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"There'll Be Dad And Mum": Vladimir Putin Rules Out Legalising Gay Marriage
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalise gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin.
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Kerala Gay Couple Moves High Court To Legalise Marriage
A gay couple approached the Kerala High Court seeking to get their marriage registered legally, to strike down certain provisions under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, and declare them as unconstitutional.
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Taiwan Legislature Approves Asia's First Same-Sex Marriage Law
Taiwan's parliament legalised same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation.
