Powerful India Hindu Group Hints at Support for LGBTQ Couples

The head of a powerful Hindu group linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has backed LGBTQ rights but stopped short of advocating same-sex marriages while the country’s top court is hearing pleas for legal recognition of such unions.

The comments by Mohan Bhagwat — the head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological parent of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party — come when the Indian government’s position on same sex marriage is to be placed before the Supreme Court. The court’s next hearing in the matter is set for March.