Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 9, 2023

#Indian #SupremeCourt resumes #samesexmarriage #hearing, says ‘#Constitution itself is a #tradition #breaker so…,’

The #context of #marriage has changed

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #India #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/supreme-court-resumes-same-sex-marriage-hearing-says-constitution-itself-is-a-tradition-breaker-so-11683619252809.html

SC resumes same-sex marriage hearing, says ‘Constitution itself is a tradition breaker so…,’ | Mint

The moment you bring tradition, the constitution itself is a tradition breaker. Because the first time you brought in 14, you brought in 15, and 17, those traditions are broken, Supreme Court said

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Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 9, 2023

The #lawyers & #plaintiffs fighting for #MarriageEquality in #India have no plans to back down.

The #litigants spoke with #LGBTQNation about their #fight for #equalrights

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/the-lawyers-plaintiffs-fighting-for-marriage-equality-in-india-have-no-plans-to-back-down/

The lawyers & plaintiffs fighting for marriage equality in India have no plans to back down - LGBTQ Nation

The litigants spoke with LGBTQ Nation about their fight for equal rights.

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Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

‘#SocialAcceptability’ of #SamesexMarriages #Discussed as #SupremeCourt Continues #Hearing cases demanding #MarriageEquality.

The apex #court said that it was “far-fetched" to say that there isn’t a #fundamentalright to #marry under the #Indian #Constitution, as the “core #elements of #marriage are #protected under the #constitutional #values."

https://www.news18.com/india/social-acceptability-of-same-sex-marriages-discussed-as-supreme-court-continues-hearing-matter-7764835.html

‘Social Acceptability’ of Same-sex Marriages Discussed as Supreme Court Continues Hearing Matter

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal argued that any law of this nature which need a "tectonic shift in societal values" needs public discussions and acceptance. This, he adds, includes "inside Parliament, in families and in society."

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Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 9, 2023

Whether anyone has a #fundamentalright to #marry? #Indian #SupremeCourt queries while hearing #pleas for #SameSexMarriages

https://bhaskarlive.in/whether-anyone-has-a-fundamental-right-to-marry-sc-queries-while-hearing-pleas-for-same-sex-marriages/

Whether anyone has a fundamental right to marry? SC queries while hearing pleas for same-sex marriages

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Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 9, 2023

'#Constitution Is a #Tradition #Breaker': #Indian #SupremeCourt During #MarriageEquality #Hearing.

“The moment you bring up #tradition, the #constitution itself is a tradition breaker," Justice #SRavindraBhat said.

https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/gender/constitution-is-a-tradition-breaker-supreme-court-marriage-equality

'Constitution Is a Tradition Breaker': SC During Marriage Equality Hearing

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 9 May, said that the Indian Constitution is a "tradition breaker" resuming the hearing of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriages in the country.

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