Do the majority of indian people support gay marriage

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Around half of people surveyed in India support same-sex marriage. (Biswarup Ganguly / Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images) New research has revealed more than half of India’s population supports same-sex marriage, as the debate over legalising unions in the country trudges on. New Delhi: While the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has been opposing petitions filed in Supreme Court seeking direction to the government to allow registration of same-sex marriages, findings of the Washington-based think tank Pew Research Center would suggest that a significant section of the population in India may not be opposed to the idea. In general, countries where a higher percentage of respondents said religion was important to them, showed lower acceptance of legalising same-sex marriage.

Majority Of Indian Adults Favour Legalisation Of Same

A recent survey by Pew Research Centre, reveals that a majority of Indians support the legalisation of same-sex marriages in the country. In contrast, support and opposition to the LGBTQ community had already been a defining feature of American culture wars and political organizing, for decades. The modern LGBTQ movement came about in the post-war West as a response to a society whose legal, cultural and healthcare systems actively criminalized, stigmatized and pathologized their existence.

53% of Indians are accepting of same

Reuters Similarly, women in 14 nations are more likely than men to support gay and lesbian marriage being legalised. According to the survey, persons with more formal education are more likely than those with less education to support allowing homosexuals to marry in 17 of the examined countries. The results come from the most recent study conducted by Pew Research Centre between February 20 and May 22 of this year in 24 nations throughout the world to learn how people feel about same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court is currently deliberating on the matter with a five-judge panel hearing the case.

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It's 'developed, Western European countries' that show highest acceptance of legalising same-sex marriage, but India is among exceptions, finds survey. In India, homosexuality is legally permitted, but same-sex unions have not been recognized yet. That could change soon: Beginning April 18, India's Supreme Court will start hearing final arguments to determine whether same-sex marriages should be legalised.

Global survey finds broad acceptance of same

The survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that 53 per cent of adult Indians are in favour of legalising same-sex marriage. The results for India challenge the claim made by the Bar Council of India (BCI) that "more than per cent of people in the country are opposed to the idea of same-sex marriage". .