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.