Tag: marriage
Indonesia passes law banning sex outside marriage – BBC News
Indonesia’s parliament has approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country having sex outside marriage, including foreigners. Under the new laws unmarried couples can be jailed for up to a year for having sex. They are also banned from living together – an act for which people could be jailed for up to six months. The new laws won’t come into effect…
Tourists reconsider Bali travel after Indonesia bans sex outside marriage
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Travellers and businesses on the Indonesian island of Bali have voiced concern about possible harms to the country’s pandemic-hit tourism industry after parliament passed new laws banning extramarital sex and cohabitation. The new criminal codes, which also ban insulting the president, were approved on December 6, 2022, and are scheduled to come into effect in three…
Japan court upholds ban on same-sex marriage but raises rights issue
A judge in Tokyo says a ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, but voices human rights concerns. The post Japan court upholds ban on same-sex marriage but raises rights issue appeared first on Rich TVX News Network.
'Mask Slips': Legal Expert On GOP Senator’s 'Outlandish' Interracial Marriage Comments
In an interview, GOP Senator Mike Braun said that the question of legalizing interracial marriage should be left to the states, not the Supreme Court. Braun has walked back these comments, but commentators are warning about the implications of his response. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber and The Nation’s Elie Mystal break down Braun’s comments. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the…
Gay couples in Taiwan seek foreign marriage equality
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Three years since Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex unions, some members in the island’s gay community are still unable to wed their partners. Under current rules, Taiwan only recognises gay marriages to foreign partners from the roughly 30 countries and regions where same-sex marriage is also legal. Activists say the rule…
The teenagers forced into marriage in Chad – BBC News
Every two seconds, a girl is married before she is physically or emotionally mature enough to become a wife or a mother, according to the Girls Not Brides network. The central African country of Chad has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Despite a new law in 2015, which aimed to eradicate it by 2020, the practice persists. Please subscribe…