Raditional Marriages News Today

Uttarakhand's proposed law requires unmarried cohabiting couples to notify officials about their relationship.

On July 26, the 25th Navajo Nation Council’s Health, Education, and Human Services Standing Committee (HEHSC) approved legislation that recognizes same-sex marriages within the Navajo Nation. The legislation would amend other provisions within the Navajo Nation Code, but the traditional Navajo wedding ceremony involving a man and a woman would remain unchanged. “We need to come to an agreement for our Navajo couples so they can identify their beneficiaries,” HEHSC Chair Vi...

Acholi cultural leaders have since registered an increased number of people seeking certificates of traditional marriage

The Allahabad High Court observed that misuse of Section 498A of IPC is impacting the traditional institution of marriage and live-in relationships which come free of legal baggage, is replacing traditional marriage

When former President Barack Obama campaigned against gay marriage in 2008, the majority of his party agreed with him. Traditional marriages between one man and one woman were still considered the backbone of a healthy society; the nuclear family was still his ideals.