India’s government on Sunday expressed its opposition to same-sex marriage in a statement read before the Supreme Court as the court considers several petitions on the validation of same-sex marriage.
“The legal recognition of marriage, limited to marriage, union or relationship as of a heterosexual nature, has been the norm throughout history and is the basis for both the existence and continuity of the state,” the government said. the statement, the statement said. the specialized media LiveLaw, quoted by the Spanish news agency Efe.
Following several petitions calling for the right to freely marry to be extended to LGBTI citizens, Supreme Court President DY Chandrachud invited the Indian government in November to clarify its position on the issue.
The government’s official position is the opposite of what members of the party that supports the executive, the Bharatiya Janata (BJP), had made clear to parliament on several occasions, but so far there has been no formal response from the government. government to the Supreme Court.
Living together as a couple and having sex with people of the same sex is not compatible with the Indian family concept of husband, wife and children, the government said in its statement.
The Indian government criticizes the possibility of a “judicial interpretation” distorting or diluting this idea, insisting that the union of people of different sexes is “socially, culturally and legally entrenched in the concept of marriage”.
In addition, he also argued that while this type of union is not illegal, “there is no law requiring that these associations must necessarily be legally recognized by the state.”
Same-sex marriage reached the Supreme Court after several lower courts, and the Indian government had already opposed this type of union last year before the New Delhi High Court, reusing the idea that the two types of union are not compatible with the “Indian concept of a family unit”.
Source: DN
