Comments on: India’s Government Will Not Fight High Court Ruling Legalizing Homosexuality http://www.akawilliam.com/indias-government-will-not-fight-high-court-ruling-legalizing-homosexuality/ All Kinds of Gay Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Bhagwad Jal Parkhttp://www.akawilliam.com/indias-government-will-not-fight-high-court-ruling-legalizing-homosexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-12267 Bhagwad Jal Park Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:05:23 +0000 http://www.akawilliam.com/?p=23083#comment-12267 Recently the Indian Government formally told the Supreme Court that <a href="http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2009/politics/cabinet-supreme-court-india-article-377.html" rel="nofollow">it will not interfere</a> with the court case.With this, the prevailing opinion is that the Indian government tacitly approves of the Delhi HC's ruling. It cannot openly acknowledge it since that would invite the fury of a large section of Indian society. By leaving it to the court to legalize homosexuality, the govt. can be seen as impartial.The upshot of all this is that it's great news for the Indian Gay community. Indeed, the victory is not merely for gays but for every person in India who wants to do his or her own thing without harming others. Recently the Indian Government formally told the Supreme Court that it will not interfere with the court case.

With this, the prevailing opinion is that the Indian government tacitly approves of the Delhi HC’s ruling. It cannot openly acknowledge it since that would invite the fury of a large section of Indian society. By leaving it to the court to legalize homosexuality, the govt. can be seen as impartial.

The upshot of all this is that it’s great news for the Indian Gay community. Indeed, the victory is not merely for gays but for every person in India who wants to do his or her own thing without harming others.

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