House passes same-sex marriage law

With its union fairness laws passed in the Upper House on Tuesday and now on the verge of promulgation, it will become the first nation in Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex relationship.

LGBTQ activists applauded as the Senate voted 130- 4 to complete the laws in its last studying with 18 nays. They characterized the growth as a success in their protracted fight for equal rights.

The supporters who had assembled in legislature on Tuesday to watch the Senate’s final reading of the costs and voting erupted in ovation after the outcome was announced.

Afterwards, they made their way to Government House, where the government held a joyous party for them in the evening. The Bangkok Art and Culture Center hosted them until the evening, where holidays continued.

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who has Covid-19 and is on ill left, congratulated them at Government House via a Zoom contact.

Any two people who are 18 years of age or older can record their relationship and enjoy the same rights and benefits as heterosexual couples. The act uses gender- natural terms for a married couple as” two people” rather of” a man and a woman”, and their legal status is changed from “husband and wife” to” families”.

LGBTQ individuals from any country can record their union in Thailand. When the bill becomes law, same-sex people who are married abroad will have the correct to a marriage card.

The costs may be forwarded to the case before being submitted for royal approval.

It will become effective within 120 time of being published in the Royal Gazette, making Thailand the second nation in Asia to recognize same-sex unions after Nepal and Taiwan.

Senator Kamnoon Sidhisamarn, in his power as spokeswoman for the Senate’s specific commission vetting the draft laws, described it as a victory for equal rights activists.

” There is no explanation for the Upper House to agree with the assessment made by the House of Representatives”, he said. He was referring to the Lower House passing the policy before it was sent for consideration to the Senate for evaluation.

23 years ago, the same-sex marriage laws movement began. Section of the rules on Tuesday &nbsp, marked a new book in Thailand’s story, said Tunyawaj Kamolwongwat, a Move Forward Party listing- MP.