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A | NEW DELHI -- India’s top court on Tuesday refused to legalize same-sex marriages, passing the responsibility back to Parliament in a ruling that disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights in the world's most populous country. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud also urged the government to uphold the rights of the queer community and end discrimination against them. Earlier this year, the five-judge bench heard 21 petitions that sought to legalize same-sex marriage. Chandrachud said there were degrees of agreement and disagreement among the justices “on how far we have to go” on same-sex marriages, but a majority of the judges agreed that the court cannot grant LGBTQ+ people the right to marry as that is a legislative function. “This court can’t make law. It can only interpret it and give effect to it,” the chief justice said, reiterating that it was up to Parliament to decide whether it could expand marriage laws to include queer unions.One of the petitioners, Mario da Penha, said it was “a day to be disappointed but not to lose hope.”“There's been tremendous work that has gone into these petitions, and many hopes and dreams of the queer community attached to them - to lead lives that most other Indians take for granted. The fact that the dream could not come to fruition today is a disappointment for all of us,” he said.He added that it was not yet clear if the court had set a mandate or timeline for Parliament to act. “Without that mandate, there is no pressure on Parliament to enact any legislation.”“There are queer couples today that are already families and in relationships, and are pillars of society. That they are not afforded the dignity and rights that they are due is deeply disappointing,” said Karuna Nundy, one of the lawyers representing the petitioners. Legal rights for LGBTQ+ people in India have been expanding over the past decade, mostly as a result of the Supreme Court’s intervention. In 2018, the top court struck down a colonial-era law that had made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison and expanded constitutional rights for the gay community. The decision was seen as a historic victory for LGBTQ rights, with one judge saying it would “pave the way for a better future."Despite this progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government resisted the legal recognition of same-sex marriage and rejected several petitions in favor. During the hearings, the government argued that a marriage is only between a biological male and a biological woman, adding that same-sex marriages went against religious values and that the petitions reflected only “urban elitist views”. Religious groups too had opposed same-sex unions, saying they went against Indian culture.Adish Aggarwala, the president of the Supreme Court bar association, said the court had done the right thing by recognizing that this was a job for Parliament, an argument the government also made during the hearings. Lawyers for the petitioners argued that marriage is between two people, not just a man and woman. They said concepts of marriage have gradually changed with time and laws should acknowledge that. By not recognizing such unions, the government was depriving same-sex couples of their right to equality enshrined in the constitution and rights enjoyed by married heterosexual couples, from adoption and medical insurance to pensions and inheritance, they argued. “This court needs to push society to acknowledge same-sex marriage,” one of the lawyers said.Petitioners were hopeful that the Supreme Court could challenge the government’s position.But even as some of the justices urged that the state must make sure queer couples don't face harassment or discrimination in accessing basic needs, like opening a joint bank account, they stopped short of granting legal recognition to same-sex unions. Instead, the court accepted the government's offer to set up a special panel that will explore granting social and legal benefits to same-sex couples. Homosexuality has long carried a stigma in India’s traditional society, even though there has been a shift in attitudes toward same-sex couples in recent years. India now has openly gay celebrities and some high-profile Bollywood films have dealt with gay issues. According to a Pew survey, acceptance of homosexuality in India increased by 22 percentage points to 37% between 2013 and 2019.But same-sex couples often face harassment in many Indian communities, whether Hindu, Muslim or Christian.India is estimated to have at least 2.5 million LGBTQ+ people, according to government figures from 2012. However, gay rights activists and global estimates believe they number at least 10% of the population, or more than 135 million.In May, Taiwan became the first jurisdiction in Asia to recognize same-sex marriages. In July, Nepal's Supreme Court issued an interim order enabling the registration of same-sex marriages for the first time. It is still not clear when the court would make its final decision on the case.。 ミラノ・コルティナ五輪カーリング男子決勝で英国を下し金メダルに輝いたカナダに対する批判が続いている。 カナダは決勝で英国を9─6で退けて、2014年ソチ五輪以来の金メダルを獲得した。
B | 一方で、1次リーグのスウェーデン戦で、マーク・ケネディがストーンを離した後に指で押す「ダブルタッチ」を犯したとスウェーデン側が主張。
C | ケネディは否定したが、カーリングにあるまじき口論となったことが話題となった。
D | その後、ケネディがストーンを指で押しているように見える映像や写真がSNSで出回り、非難の嵐。それでもカナダは競技に集中し栄光をつかんだ。 ただし「カーリング・カナダ」の公式Xには、ケネディの問題の写真とともに「不正をした」と主張するリプライがズラリ。「不正で優勝しておめでとう」「誰も君たちの金メダルを認めていない。君たちは卑劣なうそつきだ。世界中が見ていたぞ」などと納得がいかない人たちの非難の声が殺到している。 スウェーデンメディア「エクスプレッセン」によると、ケネディは決勝後、「今週は多くの憎しみがあったが、私たちはそれを遮断することを選んだ」と話し、「おそらくソーシャルメディアに戻ることはないだろう」と語った。
E | ブラッド・ジェイコブズは「人々は不正という狂った言葉を使い、それを私たちのチームと結びつけた。それがモチベーションになった。カナダでのカーリングは私たちにとって特別なもの。
F | 誠実さは私たちにとって非常に評価されるものだ」と不正を改めて否定。「私たちを不正行為者呼ばわりしたすべての人、マーク・ケネディや私たちの家族、カナダについて否定的なことを言ったすべての人、私たちが表彰台の上に立ち、首に金メダルをかけて笑顔でいるその姿が、皆さんの脳裏に永遠に焼き付いていることを願っている」と胸を張った。
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