{"id":1242,"date":"2024-06-18T17:54:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2024-06-18T17:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:54:52","slug":"thailand-passes-bill-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2024\/06\/18\/thailand-passes-bill-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Passes Bill To Legalise Same-Sex Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Senate in Thailand<\/a> on Tuesday passed the same-sex bill, thereby legalising gay marriage in the country.<\/p>\n

Earlier in March, the lower House approved the bill with only 10 of the 415 sitting lawmakers voting against it.<\/p>\n

When the bill finally becomes law, as it appears sure to be, it will make Thailand the third Asian country and about the 38th globally to approve same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

Two Asian countries, Taiwan and Nepal, had earlier become countries in Asia where two people of the same gender can marry each other.<\/p>\n

The Thailand Senate gave its approval by 130 votes, with only four members disapproving and 18 abstaining from voting.<\/p>\n

The bill will now go before King Maha Vajiralongkorn who is expected to give assent by publishing it in the Royal Gazette.<\/p>\n

This development, though still forbidden in many countries even within Asia, does not come to Thailand as a surprise; as huge sections of the country have long supported \u2018equal marriage\u2019.<\/p>\n

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At least 37 countries around the world have enacted laws fully legalising marriage for all since the Netherlands became the first in 2001.<\/p>\n

In Asia, India came close to approving same sex union in October last year, but the Supreme Court referred the decision to parliament.<\/p>\n

Even in Thailand, the journey to same-sex marriage had not been smooth.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s vote was only the culmination of years of campaigning thwarted at several stages by sections of the country that oppose it.<\/p>\n

Till date, much of Buddhist-majority Thailand retains traditional and conservative values; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people still face barriers and discrimination around the country.<\/p>\n

Same-sex or gay marriage is legally recognised in 37 countries which have a total population of about 1.5 billion people, about 20 per cent of the global population.<\/p>\n

The countries include Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany and Greece.<\/p>\n

Others are Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the United States and Uruguay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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