yeah sorry for the mistake just in bad mood didn't give attention
--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Sanjay Lulla <sanjay_lulla2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Sanjay Lulla <sanjay_lulla2...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: g_b TOI report - Mizo church may ban homosexuals
To: "lenin_ch...@yahoo.com" <lenin_ch...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com" <gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 11:46 AM
Bombay name was not given by the British but by the Postugesse. Bom means
good and bay as in natural harbour.
lenin Alagesein wrote:
>
> when these people don't want to use the names which were given by the
> British like Bombay or Calcutta or a lot of things why do they want to use
> those laws made by them.even in great Britain they abolished these laws and
> gave GLBT people equal rights.i really feel like go and shoot all these
> bastards. --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Deep <gaymanproud31@ yahoo.co. in> wrote:
> From: Deep <gaymanproud31@ yahoo.co. in> Subject: g_b TOI report - Mizo
> church may ban homosexuals To: gay_bom...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Saturday,
> March 13, 2010, 9:43 PM
>
> This religious cult bans abortions
> and birth
> control as well as same-sex relations. They belong to an era when
> unchecked increase in population meant more members of that cult. With
> 1.1 billion people in India already, can we afford to add more?
> I guess, masturbation is considered to be a sin by this group as well.
> Makes one wonder, are we marching forward into the 22nd century or blundering
> about in the middle ages?
> Regards,
> Deep
> http://gaynotes. blogspot. com/
> Source: http://epaper. timesofindia. com/Default/ Scripting/ ArticleWin.
> asp?From= Archive&Source= Page&Skin= TOINEW&BaseHref= TOIM/
> 2010/03/14&PageLabe l=11&EntityId= Ar01101&ViewMode =HTML&GZ= T
> Mizo church may ban homosexuals Sangzuala Hmar | TNN Aizawl:
> While the Indian state has remarkably softened its stand on gays, the
> church in Mizoram has kicked off a controversy by threatening to act
> against homosexuality. On Saturday, the Baptist Church of
> Mizoram (BCM) said it would take "strong punitive action'', including
> exc o m m u n i c at i o n , against homosexuals in the flock. The
> highest assembly of the BCM, the second most powerful church body in
> Mizoram after the Presbyterian Church, has effectively ruled that
> homosexuality should be outlawed, church leaders said here. Over 900
> Baptist church leaders attended the meeting held at BCM Bazaar Church
> at Lawngtlai in South Mizoram, about 300 km from Aizwal. According
> to the BCM guidelines, same-sex relationships, abortions and birth
> control are strictly prohibited in Mizoram. The BCM, however, is not
> against medical termination of pregnancy when the life of a woman is in
> danger. The
> controversy surrounding the church and homosexuality had begun in
> Mizoram last July after the Delhi HC struck down Section 377 of the
> IPC, which criminalised consensual gay sex among adults. The court had
> then observed that the section violated fundamental rights of life and
> liberty and the right to equality as enshrined in the Constitution.
> Immediately
> after the order, Mizo church leaders came out in open opposition. An
> umbrella church organization of the state, the Mizoram Kohhran
> Hruaitute Committee (MKHC), appealed to law minister Veerappa Moily to
> look into the matter and uphold Section 377. MKHC comprises all major
> churches in the N-E state. The Mizoram Presbyterian Church sent a
> letter to Moily, requesting him to up hold
> Section 377. In Mizoram, homosexuals and transvestites were banned in
> 1909 by the then British administration. Churches and social
> organizations still believe that the 1909 ban should be made applicable
> in the state.
>
