Gay prince out of closet, loses inheritance...

[bridgit]

'MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian prince has been disowned by his family after he publicly announced he was gay in a country where homosexuality is outlawed by a 145-year-old law.

Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, who belongs to one of the country's richest royal families that ruled the former Rajpipla principality in the western state of Gujarat, has been disowned for "activities unacceptable to the society," one disinheritance notice placed by his parents in a newspaper said.

Last month, his parents issued notices in a Gujarati language daily withdrawing his right to the family property.

"Henceforth, no one must refer to my name as mother of Manvendra," one notice signed by his mother said. "If any individual or organization dares to do so, it will invite contempt proceedings."

But Gohil, 40, who announced he was gay this year, says he has found happiness among Gujarat's gay community and is not interested in his inheritance.

"I could not have lived a lie forever," he told Reuters on Friday.' http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-07-07T170232Z_01_SP148141_RTRUKOC_0_US-INDIA-PRINCE1.xml&src=rss

[Floogeldy]

1. It may be sad to say . . .

. . . but I may have stayed in the closet until AFTER I got the money.

[bridgit]

2. yup, some things are just plain as day...

x(

[Floogeldy]

3. From your response, . . .

. . . I do not know if you are agreeing with me or not. :shrug:

[bridgit]

4. is it really that important that i do so, cause a flip-side to your point

could be as well that he would be able to sell his little tale of woe as a screenplay to a mini-series, or after school program of some kind, and still be able to make a buck i suppose; plus i'm sure he has a connection or two here & there

[Floogeldy]

7. No. It is not important.

I was just curious.

:smoke:

[bridgit]

8. cool cheers...

:toast:

[Floogeldy]

9. Burp!

:beer:

[khashka]

5. Should I cry?

Yeah, fuck me! Try dealing with a 15 year old boy - his parents have beat the hell out of him cuz he's gay. And he comes to you for help. What do you do? I did what I could even though, since he was underage, I was facing some serious felonies.But I got him in a place where he was OK.

God, you have no idea how I hate the mindset... Sometimes I even I hate straight people. And I know that's wrong.


Khash.

[bridgit]

6. well there you go, hon, should we care so much more for the likely...

spoiled rotten & bejeweled son of some maharajah? when the world is shrouded in a veil of tears?

i could prolly live off the chump change that falls out of his pockets

you, however, know perfectly well your good works do not go forth un-noticed

[khashka]

12. I sometimes wonder

Does what I do matter? Does it count?


I wonder. Mid-life crisis time.



Khash.

[bridgit]

13. nope, call me silly, but my poetic image is that of a big book filled...

with debits & credits...you have a conscience, my system therefore trends toward your having a string, a line of credits

internalize if you must, but once the wheel is spinning; aren't some things out of our hands for a reason however allegorical...'que sera sera' and all that

[khashka]

14. Every time I get maudlin and philosophocical

I can always depend on Bridgit to outdo me and make me smile :)

Khash.

[idgiehkt]

10. I thought this was about Michele Kwan's fiance.

lol.

[bridgit]

11. lol...

:-)