What’s Next for Same-Sex Marriage in India

After almost a decade of rulings that affirmed equality for LGBTQ people, India’s highest court declined to legalize same-sex marriage in the country of 1.4 billion, saying it was an issue for Parliament to decide. Expanding marriage rights runs counter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s socially conservative, Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, and wide swaths of the country’s Muslim community are also opposed. But across religious groups, younger Indians tend to be more accepting. In India, marriage is governed by different laws tailored to the country’s religious groups; all limit marriage...