Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie
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minister-of-home-affairs-v-fourie-271-14222925
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Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie
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Minister of Home Affairs and Another v Fourie and Another; Lesbian and Gay Equality Project and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others, [2005] ZACC 19, is a landmark decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in which the court ruled unanimously that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. The judgment, authored by Justice Albie Sachs and delivered on 1 December 2005, gave Parliament one year to pass the necessary legislation. As a result, the Civil Union Act came
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South African legal case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_v_Fourie
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2024-02-07T12:38:21Z
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