South Africa same-sex marriage ruling [SA CC]

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South Africa same-sex marriage ruling [SA CC]

December 1, 2005 08:04:00 pm

Minister of Home Affairs and Another v Fourie and Another, Constitutional Court of South Africa, December 1, 2005 [ruling that it is unconstitutional to prohibit gay couples from marrying and giving the South African parliament one year to amend the 1961 Marriage Act to allow same-sex marriage]. Read the full text of the judgment [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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