continued at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25329065India'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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I suspect that the Indian anti-gay lobby will contain precisely zero non-religious groups... 

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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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But if I had to watch sex, I'd rather watch gay sex. Well, lezzers anyway.
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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.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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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"JimC wrote:I suspect that the Indian anti-gay lobby will contain precisely zero non-religious groups...
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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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Fuck, that's what happens when they get home-rule.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.
It wouldn't have happened in my day.
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Audley Strange wrote: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.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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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.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.
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klr wrote:Audley Strange wrote: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.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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