Friday, July 03, 2009
Is HC's gay ruling applicable to all states?
The decriminalisation of homosexuality issue may have to await a ruling from the Supreme Court to clear the jurisdictional confusion over the applicability of the Delhi High Court judgment.
IMO: India has many problems and this matter looks a bit trivial in comparison. But this is evidence that India is still freeing itself from former UK imperialism, the "anti-gay" legislation having been imposed by the Raj over a century ago. At the same time the HC ruling may well have a further and undesirable pro-Western effect. There is already too much beer, cigarettes and gambling, never mind buggery as well. But the most perverse effect of the present ruling seems to be in an implicit acceptance of the current Western mindset, which can change like the wind. At the same time, reasoned tolerance of other traditions is a virtue, within reason. So, on the whole India seems to have too many problems for this blogger to lose much sleep over the matter, either way.
IMO: India has many problems and this matter looks a bit trivial in comparison. But this is evidence that India is still freeing itself from former UK imperialism, the "anti-gay" legislation having been imposed by the Raj over a century ago. At the same time the HC ruling may well have a further and undesirable pro-Western effect. There is already too much beer, cigarettes and gambling, never mind buggery as well. But the most perverse effect of the present ruling seems to be in an implicit acceptance of the current Western mindset, which can change like the wind. At the same time, reasoned tolerance of other traditions is a virtue, within reason. So, on the whole India seems to have too many problems for this blogger to lose much sleep over the matter, either way.
# posted by uv : 6:27 PM
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