BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — South Africa could be the next country to legalize same-sex marriage as a result of a court ruling there Nov. 30.
The Supreme Court of Appeal sided with a lesbian couple, ruling that the country’s definition of marriage should be sex-neutral and read, “Marriage is the union of two persons to the exclusion of all others for life.”
But same-sex marriage is not legal in South Africa yet. Statutory regulations still must be changed, according to South African media reports. In addition, pro-family groups and politicians there promise to fight the ruling.
South Africa would join Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States as the only countries to offer same-sex marriage in at least one jurisdiction. Massachusetts is the only American state to do so. The changes in Canada and the United States have come via court order.
Homosexual activists praised the South African court ruling. (TAB)
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