Human rights principles demand that governments end discrimination based on sexual orientation in civil marriage, and open the status of marriage to all. In deciding who should enjoy the right to ...

Here, Telegraph Money breaks down the processes of civil partnerships and marriages, including tax benefits, legal rights and ...

Great Britain introduced non-religion civil marriage in the Marriage Act of 1836. By 1929, all U.S. states had laws on marriage licenses. Marriage became a federal issue with the introduction of ...

Testimony Before The Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Committee on Oversight and Government Reform United States House of Representatives February 11, 2025 Robert Rector Senior ...

A Japanese high court has ruled that Japan’s refusal to legally recognize same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a latest victory for the same sex couples and supporters seeking equal rights ...

In a significant legal victory against forced conversions/marriages in Pakistan, a civil court has annulled the marriage of a Christian woman who was given to a Muslim man as a child and coerced to ...

The court also upheld the right to individual dignity and the essential equality of both sexes. The current civil law, which defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, is discrimination ...