India’s Supreme Court sets date for historic same-sex marriage case

TL;DR

(Supplied)The top court said on Thursday (16 March) that a panel would hear arguments on the issue beginning 18 April. In a hearing on Monday (13 March), lawyers argued that because the courts have already expanded rights for LGBTQ+ people in the past, it is only be a matter of time before same-sex marriage would be legalised. It described the “accepted view” as that of a male and female marriage, describing it as a “holy union [and] a sacrament”

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