Posted on 06/17/2022 7:54:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
Lawmakers approve two bills that would allow same-sex marriages and two others that would permit civil partnerships
Thailand has taken a step toward marriage equality as lawmakers gave initial approval to legalizing same-sex unions, prompting celebrations outside the parliament building.
It is a significant landmark in a Buddhist-majority country with a highly visible LGBTQ community but whose members still face major barriers and discrimination.
The legislation approved on June 15 must clear several more hurdles before becoming law. If it succeeds, Thailand would be the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize same sex unions.
The lower house approved two bills that would allow same-sex marriages and also two others that would permit civil partnerships.
A committee of lawmakers will now scrutinize the bills in detail and consolidate them into two proposals to give MPs a choice between backing civil partnerships and full same-sex marriage.
After the vote a small but enthusiastic group of activists celebrated noisily outside parliament, weeping, hugging and waving rainbow flags.
(Excerpt) Read more at ucanews.com ...
Oh, just bloody great. Can’t even escape to another country using that “Plan B” or “Plan C.”
So if three sisters want to marry each other, then that will be okay, right?
Thailand?
Sounds like the Globalists are making their move there (they’re giving up on Ukraine). Hopefully their military will, yet again, take care of the problem.
Why do I keep getting this depressing feeling that we are getting routed in this culture war?
I’m surprised Thailand with its 15 year old age of consent had not already approved “same sex marriage.”
Well just Phuket then.
I live in Thailand. Two points:
1) What they are talking about is doing a civil registration of marriage. Not marriage ceremonies. A Buddhist monk, a Muslim imam or a Catholic priest cannot do the civil registration, only the registration office can do it (My wife and I did that. Signed papers and went on our way — took all of about 15 minutes). I know lots of people who have had the religious ceremony but not the civil registration and many who have done the civil registration but no ceremony. It really doesn’t mean as much here from a moral perspective as in the US.
2) This has happened any number of times before but has always gotten bogged down in the paperwork and expired (the third time I’ve seen it...and I’m sure I know about it)
3) The Thailand version of the Supreme Court have utterly ruled out going through the courts on this (unlike the US SCOTUS). So if it gets held up in the parliamentary process, that’s it for the year. And over and over again.
4) Finally, Thailand has always been a very tolerant society but not a woke society. (Remember when I said that it wasn’t right for everybody?) They have an expression: “up to you.” But if you try to impose your values on them, it generally won’t end well.
Mr. and Mrs. Ladyboy, or Manlygirl, or whatever..
Thailand has always been a paradise for transexuals and pedos.
You live in Thailand? That’s cool. You have some interesting insights - - I like the ‘up to you’... similar but different than our ‘live and let live’...
Thai culture has a lot of interesting dichotomies.
No surprise. Half the “women” are guys anyway.
Below 15, it is statutory rape. Period. End of story. If the girl or the girl's parents complain, you will be going to jail for a few years if she's below 18 (See Section 282 paragraph 2 of the Thai criminal code). There have been newsworthy cases where both Western and Thai men have been prosecuted and convicted for having sex with 16 or 17 year old girls.
15 would best be described as "marriageable age". 18 is the flat-out age of consent.
Don’t do it, Thailand !
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