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California's FAST Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act) was repealed on September 28, 2023...
Based on the report from the Legislative Council, the government plans to submit a related bill during the ongoing ordinary session of parliament.
Filipinos who have married under civil law cannot get a divorce after converting to Islam, contrary to false posts circulating on Facebook in the Catholic-majority Philippines, where divorce remains illegal. Divorce under Islamic law is only possible if a couple was married under those terms, multiple lawyers in the archipelago nation told AFP.
The concept of marriage is closely tied to procreation and the traditional gender roles of a man and a woman. This has led to a lack of explicit discourse on same-sex marriage within the Hindu religion. The emphasis on procreation in marital unions has made it difficult for society to accept and acknowledge the legitimacy of same-sex unions.
The chairman of Japan's biggest business lobby Keidanren for first time expresses his explicit support for the introduction of a system to allow married couples to use separate surnames.