19 Nov 2008, 0041 hrs IST, TNN

KATHMANDU: Close on the heels of an international furore over California's decision to ban same-sex marriages, the apex court of Nepal has given its nod to such unions.

The supreme court delivered full judgment regarding a ground-breaking verdict it had announced last year, recognising sexual minorities as being born such and entitled to all the rights and remedies all the other Nepali citizens enjoyed.


Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Nepal_OKs_same-sex_union/articleshow/3729788.cms