{"id":242151,"date":"2023-05-12T20:33:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=242151"},"modified":"2023-05-12T20:36:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:06:02","slug":"marriage-for-all-even-if-for-a-few","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/marriage-for-all-even-if-for-a-few\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage for all, even if for a few"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cMarriage for all, even if for a few\u201d <\/strong>published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d <\/strong>on 12th May 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS1- Social issues. GS2- Polity<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– Marriage rights for vulnerable communities<\/p>\n

News – The<\/strong> Supreme Court began hearing the case for marriage equality within the ambit of the Special Marriage Act.<\/p>\n

What are some facts about the parliamentary debate on the Special Marriage Act?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Member of Parliament, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was one of the Bill\u2019s proponents.<\/strong> She predicted that the law will not be supported by many but that the next generation would demand the right to choose their partners<\/strong>. The proposed law could improve the lives of women.<\/p>\n

There was a perception among some Parliamentarians that allowing citizens to marry anyone of their choice could potentially lead to a collapse of society and civilisation<\/strong>. The Bill\u2019s divorce provisions had raised fears of a proliferation of sexual desires. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Securing more rights for a large number of identities and desires can impose the \u2018lifestyle\u2019 of a few onto a majority <\/strong>that is not represented in these struggles.<\/p>\n

Dr. Rajendra Prasad had bitterly opposed the Hindu Code Bill. As per him, the measure was forcing something on a vast majority<\/strong>, because a small, microscopic minority considered it a right.<\/p>\n

What are issues with marriage equality for vulnerable sections of the population?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Indian polity and society still struggle with the idea of marriage reform and individual choice<\/strong>. Local and national politics have witnessed campaigns against inter-caste and inter-community couples<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Societal morality<\/strong> is given preference over rights afforded under the Act.<\/p>\n

Vigilante groups have been empowered to prevent unions using extra-judicial methods<\/strong>. Queer couples may also face similar problems in future. Marriage is considered a social institution<\/strong> that upholds hierarchies based on gender, caste and community. <\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the way forward for marriage equality for vulnerable sections of the population?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Legal sanction<\/strong> may offer at least some relief. Social transformations<\/strong> are not easy. But, laws are unlikely to disrupt the lives of \u2018vast majorities.<\/p>\n

Some citizens may not be prepared for marriage equality.<\/strong> But law should have more potential than the public imagination<\/strong>. It should be aimed at improving the lives of the more marginalised<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Affording rights to a sexual minority reaffirms the rights of the citizenry as a whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cMarriage for all, even if for a few\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 12th May 2023. Syllabus: GS1- Social issues. GS2- Polity Relevance– Marriage rights for vulnerable communities News – The Supreme Court began hearing the case for marriage equality within the ambit of the Special Marriage… Continue reading Marriage for all, even if for a few<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[263,212,10498],"class_list":["post-242151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}