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'Against Society's Rules': Nitin Gadkari On Live-In Relationships, Same Sex Marriages
Union minister Nitin Gadkari said live-in relationships are wrong and against the rules of society, while adding that same-sex marriages would lead to the collapse of social structure.
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Marriage Entitled To Constitutional Protection: Supreme Court On Same Sex Unions
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it has to be alive to the fact that the concept of marriage has evolved and must accept the basic proposition that marriage itself is entitled to constitutional protection.
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'People Should Decide, Not Court': Law Minister On Same-Sex Marriage
As the Supreme Court hears pleas seeking legal sanction for same sex marriages, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said an important matter like the institution of marriage has to be decided by people of the country.
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Centre Urges Supreme Court To Make States Part Of Same-Sex Marriage Hearings
The Centre today urged the Supreme Court that all states and Union Territories be made parties to the proceedings on the pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages.
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Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill Advances In US House
A bill to give same-sex marriages federal protection advanced Wednesday in the US Senate with rare bipartisan support, as Democrats rushed to preserve such unions while they still control Congress.
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Thailand Inches Closer To Legalising Same-Sex Marriage
Lawmakers in Thailand on Wednesday passed at first reading four different bills on same-sex unions, moving a step closer towards becoming the second territory in Asia to legalise same-gender marriages.
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High Court Rejects Plea By 2 Women Over Same-Sex "Marriage". Here's Why
A plea by two women to recognise their "marriage" on the argument that such union was not "opposed" by the Hindu Marriage Act has been rejected by the Allahabad High Court.
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2 Women Risk Jail Time for Same-Sex Wedding in Costa Rica
Same-sex weddings may be legal in a small but growing number of countries, but not in Costa Rica where two women who married, and their lawyer, face criminal charges, and having the union annulled.
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Luxembourg PM to Become Second Serving Leader to Wed Gay Partner
Luxembourg's prime minister on Friday becomes the first serving leader in the European Union to marry someone of the same sex, and only the second worldwide -- and all in a tiny, mostly Catholic country often considered rather conservative.
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Gay marriage vote set to deliver Britains' Prime Minister David Cameron more problems
British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday.
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Australian parliament rejects same-sex marriage
Australia's parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to reject gay marriage, after days of heated debate that saw one senator resign from a key role after linking same-sex unions to bestiality.
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'Against Society's Rules': Nitin Gadkari On Live-In Relationships, Same Sex Marriages
Union minister Nitin Gadkari said live-in relationships are wrong and against the rules of society, while adding that same-sex marriages would lead to the collapse of social structure.
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Marriage Entitled To Constitutional Protection: Supreme Court On Same Sex Unions
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it has to be alive to the fact that the concept of marriage has evolved and must accept the basic proposition that marriage itself is entitled to constitutional protection.
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'People Should Decide, Not Court': Law Minister On Same-Sex Marriage
As the Supreme Court hears pleas seeking legal sanction for same sex marriages, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said an important matter like the institution of marriage has to be decided by people of the country.
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Centre Urges Supreme Court To Make States Part Of Same-Sex Marriage Hearings
The Centre today urged the Supreme Court that all states and Union Territories be made parties to the proceedings on the pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages.
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Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill Advances In US House
A bill to give same-sex marriages federal protection advanced Wednesday in the US Senate with rare bipartisan support, as Democrats rushed to preserve such unions while they still control Congress.
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Thailand Inches Closer To Legalising Same-Sex Marriage
Lawmakers in Thailand on Wednesday passed at first reading four different bills on same-sex unions, moving a step closer towards becoming the second territory in Asia to legalise same-gender marriages.
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High Court Rejects Plea By 2 Women Over Same-Sex "Marriage". Here's Why
A plea by two women to recognise their "marriage" on the argument that such union was not "opposed" by the Hindu Marriage Act has been rejected by the Allahabad High Court.
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2 Women Risk Jail Time for Same-Sex Wedding in Costa Rica
Same-sex weddings may be legal in a small but growing number of countries, but not in Costa Rica where two women who married, and their lawyer, face criminal charges, and having the union annulled.
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Luxembourg PM to Become Second Serving Leader to Wed Gay Partner
Luxembourg's prime minister on Friday becomes the first serving leader in the European Union to marry someone of the same sex, and only the second worldwide -- and all in a tiny, mostly Catholic country often considered rather conservative.
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Gay marriage vote set to deliver Britains' Prime Minister David Cameron more problems
British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday.
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Australian parliament rejects same-sex marriage
Australia's parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to reject gay marriage, after days of heated debate that saw one senator resign from a key role after linking same-sex unions to bestiality.
