India top court reinstates gay sex ban

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India top court reinstates gay sex ban

Post by klr » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:04 am

India's top court has upheld a law which criminalises gay sex, in a ruling seen as a major blow to gay rights.

The Supreme Court ruling reverses a landmark 2009 Delhi High Court order which had decriminalised homosexual acts.

The court said it was up to parliament to legislate on the issue.

According to Section 377, a 153-year-old colonial-era law, a same-sex relationship is an "unnatural offence" and punishable by a 10-year jail term.

Several political, social and religious groups had petitioned the Supreme Court to have the law reinstated in the wake of the 2009 court ruling.

Correspondents say although the law has rarely - if ever - been used to prosecute anyone for consensual sex, it has often been used by the police to harass homosexuals.

Also, in deeply conservative India, homosexuality is a taboo and many people still regard same-sex relationships as illegitimate.

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says some politicians have spoken out against the court decision - but many believe it is going to be difficult for them to take on the anti-gay lobby.

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However, the ruling has been welcomed by religious groups, particularly leaders of India's Muslim and Christian communities, who had challenged the Delhi High Court order.

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Post by JimC » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:18 am

I suspect that the Indian anti-gay lobby will contain precisely zero non-religious groups... :roll:
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Post by mistermack » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:23 pm

I really can't see anything wrong with this ban.
Any kind of sex is wrong in a court of law, and it would be particularly undignified in the top court of the land.
But if I had to watch sex, I'd rather watch gay sex. Well, lezzers anyway.
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Post by Audley Strange » Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:19 am

mistermack wrote:I really can't see anything wrong with this ban.
Any kind of sex is wrong in a court of law, and it would be particularly undignified in the top court of the land.
But if I had to watch sex, I'd rather watch gay sex. Well, lezzers anyway.
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Post by Svartalf » Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:54 am

JimC wrote:I suspect that the Indian anti-gay lobby will contain precisely zero non-religious groups... :roll:
and I suspect the Supreme Court is riddled with religious justices, none of which has enough youth left to examine the gay issue beyond " sex? that's gross, let's slam down on it"
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Post by Pappa » Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:17 am

One interesting thing I noticed in India was that young guys walk around holding hands just like girls sometimes do here. When I first saw two guys holding hands there I just assumed they were gay, but then I noticed that loads of them were doing it, sometimes in large groups.

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Post by mistermack » Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:00 pm

Pappa wrote:One interesting thing I noticed in India was that young guys walk around holding hands just like girls sometimes do here. When I first saw two guys holding hands there I just assumed they were gay, but then I noticed that loads of them were doing it, sometimes in large groups.
Fuck, that's what happens when they get home-rule.
It wouldn't have happened in my day.

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Re: India top court reinstates gay sex ban

Post by klr » Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:51 pm

Audley Strange wrote:
mistermack wrote:I really can't see anything wrong with this ban.
Any kind of sex is wrong in a court of law, and it would be particularly undignified in the top court of the land.
But if I had to watch sex, I'd rather watch gay sex. Well, lezzers anyway.
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Post by Tero » Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:38 pm

Pappa wrote:One interesting thing I noticed in India was that young guys walk around holding hands just like girls sometimes do here. When I first saw two guys holding hands there I just assumed they were gay, but then I noticed that loads of them were doing it, sometimes in large groups.
They should just make hand holding illegal. Public hand holding is so disgusting. Sex is at least done mostly at home. I'm OK with gay sex in India as long as they don't hold hands.

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Re: India top court reinstates gay sex ban

Post by Audley Strange » Sun Dec 15, 2013 10:00 am

klr wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:
mistermack wrote:I really can't see anything wrong with this ban.
Any kind of sex is wrong in a court of law, and it would be particularly undignified in the top court of the land.
But if I had to watch sex, I'd rather watch gay sex. Well, lezzers anyway.
Be careful what you wish for. Picture if you will a naked sweaty grunting Anne Widdicombe elbow deep in the increasingly porcine Vanessa Feltz while both stuff their wizened hog faces with black pudding.
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Yeah I know, I find black pudding unpalatable too.
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