On June 7, the Cabinet approved the Draft of the Civil Commercial Code of the Civil and Commercial Code, as proposed by the Ministry of Justice. The day before the council considered the draft Marriage Equality Act proposed by the opposition party
Thanyawat Kamolwongwat, a member of the LGBTQ MPs for the Kaw Klai Party, has submitted a bill to amend the Civil and Commercial Code or the Equal Marriage Act. The main principle is the amendment of marriage in the Civil and Commercial Code. From the former specifying only men and women, it has been changed to allow a man-woman or two persons of the same sex to be able to be engaged and marry according to the law. Marriage and the right to form a family among LGBT people
Parliament published the bill on its website for a hearing on Article 77 of the constitution on July 4. More than 45,000 people expressed their views in just three days. It was the highest number of comments among the 49 draft bills that the council opened for online comments at the time.
As for the questions used in public hearings and agencies involved in the draft Act, there are 4 questions, answering whether they agree or disagree and why, and there is a space for writing proposals. advise
- should be corrected for any person, whether Can “same sex” and “heterosexual” be engaged?
- should be corrected for any person, whether “Same sex” or “heterosexual” can marry. legal or not
- Should the age of the person who can marry must be 18 years or older?
- Should it be amended to ensure that both same-sex and heterosexual couples have the same rights, duties, and relationships between them as rights, duties and relationships between husband and wife?
“In Thai society, there is a tradition that Marriage can be done only for men and women only. The Civil and Commercial Code, Section 1448, is a provision that is consistent with natural conditions and traditions that have been around for a long time. The purpose of marriage is that men and women Live as husband and wife to create a family institution, have children, sustain a natural race” and the marriage between a man and a woman who has children.
There is a pass on the bond between parents. “That marriage between LGBT people may not be able to create such a delicate bond.”