India Legalizes Gay Sex In Capital City
High Court Ruling Decriminalizes Consensual Gay Sex, Previously Punishable By 10 Years In Jail
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A participant reacts to a photographer as she and others carry a flag with rainbow colors during a gay parade in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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The Delhi High Court ruling, the first of its kind, applies only in New Delhi. The ruling says that treating consensual gay sex as a crime is a violation of fundamental rights protected by the constitution.
Anjali Gopalan, head of a foundation that filed a petition prompting the ruling, says that India is finally entering the 21st century
Sex between people of the same gender has been illegal in India since British colonial times and can be punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The court's verdict can be challenged in India's Supreme Court.
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Just because America consumes tons of porn despite the objections of janet jackson's breasts. There are cultures that are more open about certain things while being more closed about others. And some that are just more open. Having perversion does not make one liberal or open, perversity is usually most perverse behind the closed doors of the so called moral people. Hence, why Anglo culture (and almost all others now) are so fu**ed up. Your prison example, as well as the macho power dynamic inside, speaks more of conservative values. Remember, rape and sexuality are not really the same thing. But "moral" people, and misguided people, don't know that. Hence, the sins.
PS. Just so you know, Mexico City has Civil unions now, New york city doesn't. Most states in the US are still busy trying to impose basic anti employment discrimination laws and anti-bullying laws. Uruguay, a Latin American country recently passed a civil unions law and a law that allows gays in their military. The prime minister of Iceland is lesbian. Many countries including Spain, South Africa, and Canada have legalized gay marriage. A member of New Zealand's Parliament is a former prostitute Maori Transgender.
We've been frozen in time a bit with Herr Bush here. We've been too busy trying to re-start the 1950's here.