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| Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole on their wedding. Photo by Alex Mkhize |
The gay marriage is the marriage between to males people, The gay marriage is the something which is not common to happen , but in Kzn it was known from Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole in kwaDukuza in the North of KwaZulu Natal last wwekend.
In Africa, South Africa is the first country anjd the second country is Europe to constitutionalise this act of the same people of the same sex to get marriege. This act was introduced in 2006 by the new government of that time. There are number of of countries practising this same sex wedding 15 countries around the world.
Legal recognition of same-sex marriages in South Africa came about as a result of the Constitutional Court's decision in the case of Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie The court ruled on 1 December 2005 that the existing marriage laws violated the equality clause of the Bill of Rights because they discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation.
Studies conducted in several countries indicate that support for the legal recognition of same-sex marriage increases with higher levels of education and that support is strong among younger people. Additionally, polls show that there is rising support for legally recognizing same-sex marriage globally across.
The court gave Parliament one year to rectify the inequality. The Civil Union Act was passed by the National Assembly on 14 November 2006, by a vote of 230 to 41. It became law on 30 November 2006. South Africa is the fifth country, the first in Africa, and the second outside Europe, to legalize same-sex marriage.
On the case of these two couples the wedding was successful, the bull was slaughtered so the ancestors could bless the wedding. The wedding was glitz and glamour attracting media houses. The couples came with Mercedez Benz C class car.
(The story was compiled by Smangele Zuma, blogged by Abraham Kortjaas and picture by Alex Mkhize) some infor from wikipedia
This is the first traditional wedding in the country.
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