![]() ![]() The interesting thing is that most of the young couples from 1980 onwards, all over India, who have been getting married by religious rites or committing joint suicide, have been low-income and non-English speaking. This was before same-sex marriage was legal in any country. In 1987, the first such marriage in India was reported between two policewomen, Leela Namdeo and Urmila Srivastava. So also, same-sex couples all over the world have been getting married by religious and other ceremonies for centuries, and have been living as spouses. The state may recognize reality or it may not but reality persists. Nevertheless, these marriages took place. ![]() ![]() For example, before 1753, Jewish and Quaker marriages were not recognized in England, and before 1967, several states in the US did not recognize marriages between blacks and whites. However, particular communities did recognize these marriages. Many governments in history have refused to recognize certain marriages. The book is going to be reissued this summer as Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India, with a new cover, new preface and a list of all the same-sex couples I have been able to record, who either got married or committed joint suicide since 1980. In the book Love’s Rite: Same Sex Marriage in India and the West (2005) you wrote, “While state recognition is desirable, the state’s refusal to recognize a union as marriage does not mean that the union is not a marriage.” Please help us unpack that. ![]()
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