The Centre's stand

The Centre is opposing the legalisation of same-sex marriages on these grounds:

• That legal sanctity can be given only by competent legislature, not the courts.

• That legality for gay marriages reflects a “mere urban elitist views” that the vast majority of Indians don’t want.

• That marriage is a “heterogenous institution” involving the union of “a biological male and biological woman”.

• That all the religions in India consider marriages sacred, and there’s no room for homosexuality.