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Posted March 11th, 2022
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India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected petitions from the government and gay rights activists to review an earlier decision that recriminalized gay sex in the country.

In December last year, the court overturned a historic 2009 Delhi High Court judgment decriminalizing homosexuality. It said that only Parliament could change section 377, an archaic law that bans gay sex as unnatural.

The Congress party-led government in New Delhi has been urged by activists to scrap section 377. However, the conservative main opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party, supports the ban, making legislative reform difficult.
Well, this happened. Thoughts? What does this mean for gay rights outside of India?

Source: http://world.time.com/2014/01/29/gay-sex-remains-crime-in-india/

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Quite simply, when members of the lgbtq communities are harassed, beaten, and killed, the U.N. will see it as a human rights violation, and will then attempt to persuade India to reconsider.

In truth, I feel saddened by their decision, and I wish my brothers and sisters the best in these trying times. For now, I am focusing more on what is happening in the USA than anywhere else. In order to make a difference, we must first become an example on how humans should be treated as a society.


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I think the issue is a lot more fundamental than just getting the law to approve gay marriage; for as long as I can remember, India has been caught hard between staying loyal to their traditions and pressure to "modernise".

Until these traditions can be challenged (no way I see anybody wanting to touch that one), this meaningless tug of war on many issues is going to be played.
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Let's keep in mind that the Judiciary aren't the ones who are declaring same sex intercourse to be illegal. They're simply stating that the Constitution of India doesn't prohibit section 377. The judiciary can only repeal a law if it's in violation of some part of the constitution (on which I can't comment since I don't know anything about the Constitution of India).

That said, I think the real scumbags in this are the Parliament, for not getting rid of a non-sensical, archaic law that was passed in the friggin' 19th century.
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In all countries this should really be a moot point. In countries like the U.S., bigotry seems to lead to restoration of archaic facades; in countries such as India, the old generation seems hardly eager to let go of their archaic customs (this could be said for the U.S. to a smaller extent). This can serve as a formidable obstruction that cannot be cleared except by the passing of the generation and all its ties.

I guess the old has to die before the new can flourish, eh?
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Like many countries in Asia, India seems to be a stricter fundamentalist country than other countries such as England or America. I'm from Guyana, and I know that if you are gay they will ridicule you and try to kill you. That is how a lot of third world countries work (not saying that India is necessarily a 3rd. world country). Many countries don't acknowledge gay rights, and aren't backing it up yet.

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India would never allow this to settle because we are only going to follow our constitution that was made in 1950, the supreme court is too strict to let it settle because its illegal according to the Indian constitution! Only India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan are the country who will not change their decision!

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Indian political parties, ugh. It'll probably take some 30-50 years before these old ****s die and let the new generation take over. Don't think there'll be too big a change till a few years down the line, tbh.

Then again, there are many anti-gay people even in this so called young 'open minded' generation so I'm not sure how things will work out. I just wish for everybody to remain happy. Let people love whoever the hell they want, please. But nope. This is India. Conservatism at its best.

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Indian political parties, ugh. It'll probably take some 30-50 years before these old ****s die and let the new generation take over. Don't think there'll be too big a change till a few years down the line, tbh.

Then again, there are many anti-gay people even in this so called young 'open minded' generation so I'm not sure how things will work out. I just wish for everybody to remain happy. Let people love whoever the hell they want, please. But nope. This is India. Conservatism at its best.
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I find the question of how it will affect LGBT rights outside of India odd... it won't. Because it's India, and India doesn't really have any worldly influence outside of India lol.
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Yup! Incredible India! Anything can happen anytime! And I don't think it will be accepted even after 500 years because Indians will always be following their Culture whether he/she is a thief or a Richie rich!
I can't tell if you are happy for the ruling, or just proud of India as a country. Either way, its a bit odd.

I doubt anything will ever change in India until a revolt occurs, in which case it wouldn't be just the LGBT people that revolt, but a lot of others who are subjugated by unfair traditions. However, a lot of India isn't really affect by that law, so I doubt it will have much baring. In fact, most marriages are arranged, if I remember correctly, so even if they were curious about their sexuality, they could never act on it because of tradition. That is why some of the immigrants from India come to the USA. Not many, but some. And not just because they are curious about their sexuality, but because they want freedom in general from tradition.


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