2022: Supported the repeal of Section 377A

PM said in a speech last evening that the government studied the CJ's (Chief Justice’s) judgment very carefully. The attorney general has also given advice on it, and in our collective view, there is a significant risk that 377A could be held unconstitutional and struck down on the basis that it is a breach of the equal protection provision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct02hNXuv0Y

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2022: Supported the Constitutional amendment

At the same time, we will also propose an amendment to the Constitution to safeguard the existing definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, and protect it from constitutional challenge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct02hNXuv0Y

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2022: Did not support entrenching definition of marriage in Constitution

This entrenchment would elevate marriage to the same levelas fundamental rights in our constitution; things like rights such as life andpersonal liberty. And this would fundamentally change the whole complexion andthe schema of the constitution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct02hNXuv0Y

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2022: Social policies still based on heterosexual marriage

This protection will also be extended to other laws and policies which depend on this current definition of marriage, such as public housing and others that I mentioned earlier. This would allow the government to continue to make laws in other social policies which depend on a heterosexual marriage as its foundation without being challenged in court on constitutional basis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct02hNXuv0Y

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2022: Raising children should be within heterosexual marriage

But at the same time, the prevailing value today is centred around the traditional stable family unit, having children within this unit, raising children within this unit, and ensuring that the societal laws policies, support this. And we do not see this changing for many years to come, which is why we've decided to take the step to building these safeguards to preclude further constitutional challenges like we've seen on 377a against other social policies as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct02hNXuv0Y