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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIndia's gay community scrambling after court decision recriminalises homosexuality
With technological and economic progress comes social justice and mercy?
Maybe not so much!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indias-gay-community-scrambling-after-court-decision-recriminalises-homosexuality-9146244.html
Back in 2009, Lesley Esteves was dancing in the streets after judges in Delhi decriminalised homosexuality. When the Delhi High Court suspended the draconian Section 377 of the Indian penal code which dated from the days of British rule, Indias lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community thought there was no turning back.
Five years on the euphoria has gone. In December, the countrys highest court overturned the lower courts ruling, once again making gay sex a crime punishable by up to ten years in jail and putting tens of millions of Indians at risk of prosecution or harassment. Last month, that court which had said gay people in India were just a minuscule minority upheld its decision against an appeal and said it was up to the government to change the law.
But there is little chance for that. While senior figures of the ruling Congress party supported repealing Section 377, the leadership of the main opposition party, which most analysts believe is set to secure power in an upcoming election, do not. As it was, the current parliament held its last session on Friday; it could be years before a new parliament amends the law.
It was a shock for the whole world, not just for India, Ms Esteves, who works as a journalist, said of the Supreme Court ruling. Amidst the euphoria of 2009, I did not imagine the possibility that one day, the Supreme Court would brutally set the Delhi High Court judgment aside and dismiss Indias LGBT people. Its hard to imagine words more out of sync with the inclusive and progressive Indian constitution.
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India's gay community scrambling after court decision recriminalises homosexuality (Original Post)
FrodosPet
Feb 2014
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Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)1. Disgusting
Bigoted fucks are bigoted.
JCMach1
(27,553 posts)2. Hindu political conservatism and religious fundamentalism
may actually be even worse than our own...
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)3. Imagine if the news came out of Russia /nt
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)5. Then anti-US-imperialists would be rushing to shut down criticism
Because, you know, Syria.