The survey findings indicate the highest levels of acceptance of legalising same-sex marriage come from “Western European countries”, with a few nations like Canada, India, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, and Japan - where more than 50 per cent of respondents showed acceptance of legalising such unions - being an exception to this.

In 15 of the 24 countries surveyed, a majority of the respondents - at least 51 per cent - supported legalising same-sex marriages.Īlso read: Allowing same-sex marriage will bring down the divorce rates of ‘straight’ marriages The Spring 2023 Global Attitudes Survey was conducted among 3,500 American and over 27,000 non-US residents in March this year. The Supreme Court last month reserved its verdict on the petitions for legalising same-sex marriages in India. It had further argued that the court, therefore, ought not to disturb or dilute the concept of marriage by judicial interpretation, as it would change the entire legislative policy that is “deeply embedded in religious and societal norms”.

In an affidavit submitted in Supreme Court in March, the Union government had argued that the institution of marriage has a sanctity attached to it, and in major parts of India, is regarded as a “sacrament, a holy union, and a sanskar” and this relationship essentially between a man and woman is “socially, culturally and legally ingrained”. In general, countries where a higher percentage of respondents said religion was important to them, showed lower acceptance of legalising same-sex marriage. India is also among top three countries surveyed, when it comes to percentage of the population surveyed which supports legalising same-sex marriage despite being in the “most religious countries” category.

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