Same sex marriage

The Supreme Court has held that it is not rape if consensual physical relationship was based on a genuine promise of marriage which could not be fulfilled. A Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul highlighted the distinction between "a false promise to marriage which is given on understanding by the maker that it will be broken and a breach of promise which is made in good faith but subsequently not fulfilled". The court quashed an FIR registered in 2016. A woman had accused the appellant of rape and cheating. They were in a consensual relationship on the basis of an assurance of marriage given by the man. However, the duo fell apart. Three years later the woman filed the complaint against him. The court said the registration of FIR in the case amounted to abuse of the criminal process. "The parties chose to have physical relationship without marriage for a considerable period of time. For some reason, the parties fell apart. It can happen both before or after marriage," the … [Read more...] about Consensual sex on genuine promise of marriage not rape: SC

BAD SEX: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution , by Nona Willis Aronowitz “Bad sex” has become a catchphrase in recent years, shorthand for the ways that sex can still be unequal and sometimes not-quite-consensual . When I picked up “Bad Sex,” Nona Willis Aronowitz’s new book, I was prepared for an analysis of sexual politics post-#MeToo. But Aronowitz is writing, it turns out, about literal bad sex. By that I mean the kind we’ve probably all had (though hopefully not too often): awkward, unsatisfying, formulaic, clumsy, detached, boring — the kind of sex that, after eight years, and even with forays into nonmonogamy, ultimately prompted the author to dissolve her marriage. It’s here that “Bad Sex” begins, in the final days of 2016, when, as the author puts it, “everything in my life and in America was in extreme disarray.” Aronowitz, a sex and love columnist for Teen Vogue, was 32, in a crumbling relationship, caring for an ill father and reeling from the election … [Read more...] about Everything You Always Wanted to Know About ‘Bad Sex’ but Were Afraid to Ask

A married same-sex couple in Louisiana was allegedly told their newly adopted daughter could not attend kindergarten at a religious school because of their “lifestyle choices.” Emily and Jennie Parker said they learned on Saturday they needed to find a new school for their 5-year-old daughter, Zoey, because their marriage didn’t adhere to the teachings at the Bible Baptist Academy in DeQuincy, they told NBC News Wednesday during a phone interview. “Because of our lifestyle choices, we wouldn’t be a good fit for the school,” Jennie Parker, 31, said they were told during a meeting with a pastor and the school’s director. Emily Parker, 28, said during the meeting only two days before the school year was set to begin, the pastor told her Bible Baptist Academy was a religious-based institution that taught more than just academics. She says he told her marriage is between a man and a woman only and that is what was taught at the school. Zoey attended pre-school at the school … [Read more...] about Kindergartner in Louisiana allegedly forced out of school because her parents are a same-sex couple

The internet has backed a woman who shared her desire to celebrate her birthday in Ibiza, Spain, despite her partner's disagreement. After a period of canceled trips and travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, travelers have once again started to book vacations with family, friends, and for events. The Mumsnet user who explained she will soon be turning 50 shared her desire to take a trip to celebrate the occasion. In the post with more than 100 replies, she wrote: "I've never been to Ibiza and always wanted to go. I wouldn't probably go to any of the big clubs, more daytime stuff, and smaller beach clubs. I don't really know much about where but I'd like more of a happy dance vibe, nothing too hardcore. I love dancing and music. It's my happy place." She explained that before the COVID-19 pandemic, she and a close group of girlfriends would plan a weekend away once a year, but they haven't managed to get away since. Thinking about booking tickets to a … [Read more...] about Internet slams “controlling” boyfriend threatening breakup over vacation

An unverified social media post has prompted speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly expecting a daughter with his rumored mistress, gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Putin, 69, was reportedly not "pleased" to learn that Kabaeva, a 39-year-old former Olympic gymnast who has been romantically linked to the Russian leader, is pregnant, and is having a daughter, according to the anonymously-run Telegram account General SVR. Newsweek has been unable to independently verify the claim. "We have already reported that Alina Kabaeva, the cohabitant of the President of Russia, is pregnant," the post read. "Yesterday the sex of the unborn child became known—this is a girl." What is General SVR? General SVR is an anonymous Telegram channel that purports to be run by a former Russian Foreign Intelligence Service agent. As Newsweek's Fact Check team reported previously , while the Telegram channel does enjoy a large following and is widely quote in Western media, … [Read more...] about Is Putin to “have daughter” with rumored mistress? Post prompts speculation

A man who left his pregnant wife to "finally" be together with his "first love" has been blasted by users on Reddit . In a post shared on the online forum, where it had over 9,000 upvotes at the time of writing, his wife (Reddit user Throwaway89114022) said: "His first choice was his childhood love." She knew she was her husband's "second choice" when they got married and "knew he was still in love with her." According to the user, "circumstances and other situations" forced her husband and his childhood love apart. "She was married to someone else when I met him and wasn't available. I was so stupid because I thought it would be fine marrying him because he assured me he was all in. Even though I was his second choice he was my first choice," she said. The pair were "happy enough" for a few years but when "his first love got divorced because her husband left ," the original poster said "my husband left me for her." The husband told the user they were "finally" able … [Read more...] about Internet rages as man dumps his pregnant wife for divorced “childhood love”