manij, Yes, to some people homosexuality is immoral, to others it is not. Not exactly a news flash. Is there some other point your trying to make?
On Sep 26, 5:49 pm, MANOJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All: > > You might have noticed the reply of Iranian President in Larry King > Live. > So were the Conservatives right about ban on gay Marriage ? > > -MP > > -- > Gay sex immoral, Centre tells Delhi HC > Press Trust of India > Friday, September 26, 2008, (New Delhi) > Gay sex is immoral and a reflection of a pervasive mind and its > decriminalisation would lead to moral degradation of society, the > Centre on Friday told the Delhi High Court. > > "Homosexuality is a social vice and the state has the power to contain > it," the government contended. > > "It (decriminalising homosexuality) may create breach of peace. If it > were allowed, then evils of AIDS and HIV would further spread and harm > the people. It would lead to big health hazard. It would degrade moral > values of the society," Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra > contended. > > The Centre's stand assumes significance in view of the contradictory > stand taken by its two ministries, with the Home Ministry opposing > decriminalisation of such acts while the Health Ministry favouring the > scrapping of penal provisions which provide a punishment of up to life > sentence for homosexual acts. > > Appearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice A P Shah, the ASG > said that it is crucial to hold such unnatural behaviour > (homosexuality) as a criminal offence and its deletion would lead to > moral degradation in the society. > > Countering the contentions of the gay right activists, the government > said that such behaviour is not a natural trait but a reflection of a > perverse mind. > > Citing a judgement of Orissa court, he said that such behaviour was > because of perverse mind, which needed to be controlled. > > However, the court was not satisfied with his contention saying that > the order was passed 25 years ago and in that case a boy was sexually > assaulted. > > "We are concerned about homosexual acts among consenting adults in > private so that judgement is not relevant here," the bench, also > comprising Justice S Muralidhar said. > > "Much water has flown under the bridge during last 25 years," the > court observed. > > http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066818 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
