Indonesia,
the world’s largest Muslim population considers adultery to be a serious crime.
The Draft of the legislation will rule out not only extramarital sex but
same-sex activities and co-habitation.
A conservative group behind the push for the new
legislation, Family Love Alliance, comments that the draft is merely a
reflection of current values of the “majority … of all cultures in Indonesia”.
Parliament has been holding public conferences,
taking the opinions of the public, legal experts, scholars on the topic of
extramarital sex. Most political parties have been reported as for the changes
that will ban same sex relations. Few politicians have spoken out against the draft for fear of
losing the vote of the conservative majority.
Activists argue that the new legislation would cause
a disruption with social development and make it hard to police without
violating privacy.
Expert divorce lawyers in Thailand advise that it matters
where the marriage was registered in order to follow the correct jurisdiction
proceedings for their case.
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