In Forbidden to LGBTQ+ rights in conservative Thailand, the Constitutional Court upheld the Thai Civil and Commercial Code part that essentially outlaws homosexual marriage. The passage, Section 1448, limits the scope of marriage, defining it by saying, “a marriage can take place only between a person and a girl.”
The Court ruled that this authorized definition of marriage as a heterosexual-only union is constitutional beneath the current Thai Constitutional Law. LGBTQ organisations and other human rights teams had been fast to take to social media instantly after the verdict to declare their disappointment and displeasure.
LGBTQ activists in Thailand are dismayed at the setback, as the best to marry is often thought of a primary human right in cultures and governments. They vowed to continue the battle within the lengthy course of to legalise equality for the LGBTQ neighborhood in a rustic that is usually at odds between its conservative traditional tradition and government and the final social acceptance of homosexual and trans folks that is part of the worldwide perception of life in Thailand.
There is one silver lining in the ruling against the LGBTQ community although. In the verdict, the Constitutional Court stated that legal guidelines must be created and enacted to protect the rights of LGBTQ people by the Parliament, the Council of Ministers, and other relevant companies.
This opens the door to the implication that, whereas the Court has little curiosity in changing the Constitution, they wouldn’t necessarily bar any new legislation trying to legalise LGBTQ marriage in Thailand, offered it handed through the traditional channels of proposal and voting..