India’s Supreme Court will soon decide on marriage equality

A pivotal Supreme Court case currently being considered in India could lead to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the nation.

The plaintiffs, four gay couples, are taking on a government that has been hostile to the idea of marriage equality in the past. Leaked documents acquired by Reuters show that the administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been trying to convince the court to decide not to allow LGBTQ+ couples the right to marry.

According to Reuters, the Ministry of Law has argued that “Living together as partners and having sexual relationship by same sex individuals… is not comparable with the Indian family unit concept of a husband, a wife and children” and the court cannot “change the entire legislative policy of the country deeply embedded in religious and societal norms.”

Uday Raj Anand, one of the people pursuing the case, told the news outlet that the group has “received…

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