WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States was “closely monitoring follow up steps” from the Indian government after India’s Supreme Court declined to legalise same-sex marriage, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, adding it encourages India to take steps to offer equal legal protection to same-sex couples.
India’s top court on Tuesday declined to legalise same-sex marriage and left it to parliament to decide, agreeing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that the legislature is the right forum to rule on the issue.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington)
