The government will soon start making official moves to legalize same-sex marriage in Thailand.
“We will put forward the same-sex civil-union bill in Parliament,” Naras Savestanan, director general of the Rights and Liberties Protection Department, announced yesterday.
Naras said his department and the House committee had decided to put this bill before Parliament with the hope that same-sex partners would be able to enjoy the same rights as heterosexual couples.
“The rights cover tax benefits, pension benefits and more,” he said, adding that once this bill takes effect, the civil union of same-sex couples would legally equal the registered marriage of men and women.
Naras called on supporters of the bill to sign a petition for the legalization of same-sex marriage, the Nation reported.
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