e/Minister of Home Affairs v. Fourie

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has gloss	eng: Minister of Home Affairs v. Fourie is a case decided by the Constitutional Court of South Africa declaring a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. This made South Africa the fifth nation in the world to recognize such a right, after The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Canada. Fourie was decided on December 1, 2005, in a holding authored by Justice Albie Sachs. It was unanimous among the eleven justices of the Court, except as to the remedy, in which the majority held that the legislature had one year to rewrite statute in conformity with its decision, otherwise the ruling would displace the statute; Justice Kate O'Regan, the lone dissenter in part, although stating "[t]here is very little in the comprehensive and careful holding of Sachs, J., with which I disagree," thought the holding should become immediately enforceable.
lexicalization	eng: Minister of Home Affairs v. Fourie
instance of	e/LGBT rights in South Africa