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Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be submitted to Parliament next month.

Karom Polpornklang, a deputy government spokesperson, said the amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code will change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to “individuals” and “marriage partners” for same-sex couples to be able to receive the same rights that heterosexual couples receive.

He said the law would guarantee the right to form a family in a relationship between same-sex couples, adding that the next step will be an amendment to the pension fund law to recognize same-sex couples as well.

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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Great progress I hope they allow different-sex couples to marry next.

[–] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm kind of surprised it took Thailand so long to do this, but good for them!

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Great to see from the Thailand cabinet.

[–] cuibono@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

For some reason I would have thought they already had it? But whatever you know how the old saying goes, better late than never.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Nice to see some good news today.