Although the judgment promotes gender equality, it opens another chapter in the struggle between customs and constitutional rights.
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Swift knows her lyrics will be scrutinised. So maybe she should have done a bit more research before saying she wanted to live in the 1830s.
The judgment will also benefit spouses in Muslim marriages, which were legally recognised in a 2022 Constitutional Court judgment.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted for a bill that would federally protect same-sex marriage – and 47 Republicans signed on, too. Same-sex marriage isn’t the partisan issue it once was.
To afford sufficient protection to marginalised people in society - such as women in minority religious communities - the state must recognise and regulate religious marriages in a nuanced way.
The marriage equality debate brought the rights of LGBT Australians to the fore - now we need to turn our attention to the ways they are still discriminated against.
The different legal protections between marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation.
The Supreme Court ruled that a British couple must stay married until 2020 because there was no ‘fault’ in their marriage.
Changes to marriage around the world have, historically, met with strident opposition, so it’s no surprise that same-sex marriage in Australia has had its own tough road to hoe.
Your ideas are not immune to criticism just because you express them with sincerity: people are worthy of respect, ideas are not.
The case for changing English marriage laws.
Marriage rates have been falling for decades and are now at their lowest in at least 150 years. What’s wrong with getting hitched?
Spouses can no longer get away with lying about their assets in divorce cases.
The sacrament of marriage does not depend on the law, which exists only to regulate the rights and responsibilities arising from the practice. For religious believers, same-sex marriage won’t change their union.
The first statistics on same-sex marriages in England and Wales show a disappointing take-up in the three months since the right to marry was extended to lesbian and gay couples. According to figures released…
According to Human Rights Watch, 14 million girls are married, worldwide, each year - with some as young as eight or nine. While early and forced marriage appears most prevalent in countries of Africa…
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