Comments on: Why India should legalize gay marriage

By: marvin

marvin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:00:20 +0000

i think everyone is gay

By: Moulee

Moulee — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:01:06 +0000

@ Ben, Thank you, am glad you like my blog. And I totally agree which whatever you said. I have always believed that India has better chance of legalizing gay marriage due to its chaotic multiculturalism. The same chaos makes delays the process. Too many irrational opinions and unnecessary fear. The vote bank politics too has its part in delaying the process. The government always wants to satisfy the religious sects and very few religious leaders are in favor of gay marriages. I hope there are more rational debates on the topic allover which will give the LGBT community their denied basic constitutional rights at par with their brothers and sisters.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:52:24 +0000

I like your blog, you write interesting articles and I literally laughed out loud at the “If you are homophobic… If you are ignorant… If you are bigoted, f**k off.” The US is still mulling over gay marriage, too, of course. I hope India can figure it out. India actually might have a better chance than the US, with all of the different religions/marriage customs already there. It’s really a stupid issue because it has nothing to do with anybody except the two people getting married. I really don’t know why people care. Do people really wake up at night in a cold sweat, knowing that somebody, somewhere is gay and married? Usually people oppose it for “religious, moral” reasons. If the secular state, not a religion, is the entity declaring marriages legal, why does religion make a difference? Which religion? It’s one of those abstract issues. People cite that allowing gay marriage will lead to “the decline of culture.” How on earth do you measure “the decline of culture”? Obviously you can’t. Government should not be making these sorts of decisions based on abstract, ambiguous “problems.” They should be ruling justly on concrete issues. People also argue that if they allow gay marriage, next they’ll be saying murder is OK. Justice and ethics are one thing, morality is another. I’m not sure morality is clearly or fairly defined enough for government to make good decisions with it. Anyway, my sense of morality says that people should be allowed to love, f**k and marry whoever they want, as long as it’s consensual. And my sense of justice says that denying a portion of the population their right to consensual marriage for abstract, illogical reasons is unjust. To me, the simplest way to view “right and wrong” in human society, is to say that as long as you are not hurting anybody, you aren’t doing anything wrong.

By: yousra nafies

yousra nafies — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:01:24 +0000

i m really in favour of legalising homo marriages in india,becoz i really believe that homo peoples hav d full right tolove nd to b married and get respect in society,why only when it comes to gay marriage indian govt. thinks of religion and culture.why are intercast marriages are not crime.in ancient time there was sati pratha also than why are we not following the same in todayz world,becoz we realiaze its wrong similarly we want indian govt. to listen to the heart who love nd want to live respectfully,afterall homosexual people are also human beings…..

By: Archie

Archie — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:04:38 +0000

Its also interesting that we are the country of the Kamasutra and Khajuraho temples and what have you, where homosexuality is clearly depicted. So saying its not part of our culture or religion is a laugh.

& when two people are ready to dedicate their lives to each other, that is what should be respected, instead of forbidden & called a sin. After all, all laws and religious tenets have been created by man, not God. God did not come down to earth and write things down. In fact, neither did the prophets. It was those who remained after the prophets who put things down in writing. & the priests of all religions have been modifying things to change them to their own convenience for fear of losing their congregations.

By: Maddy

Maddy — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:38:30 +0000

so very true….culdnt agree wid you more…..gud job done:)

By: Moulee

Moulee — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:39:16 +0000

Very true Saro. Also it is true that not many Indian bloggers write on LGBT issues, even if they support LGBT rights. One reason why Indian bloggers hesitate to write on this subject is, people might ‘tag’ them one. But if we support LGBT rights, there should be no issues in what others think. It is very important to voice our opinions. Else there is no use in supporting.

By: Saro Sena

Saro Sena — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:37:25 +0000

Through out history, people who are ‘normal’ have had to define people who are ‘abnormal’ in order to establish themselves as ‘normal’. As Indians, we have a heritage more important than the vedas and what have yous- and that is tolerance and assimilation. That’s how we’ve become this great nation of diversity, and I think a lot of people today have forgotten that, that’s what makes us Indian.

Culture is a moving definition, and I would argue that to not make it legal or accept it is a basic disrespect to the constitution of this country and its cultural heritage. Loved this post, very outspoken and a much needed filler in the vacuum of the blogo-sphere where not much comes from indian writers on homosexuality and rights associated with the same.

By: Kyle Griffin

Kyle Griffin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:49:23 +0000

marriage is one of the happiest moments that a person will experience in his/her life”**

By: Julia Mason

Julia Mason — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:28:52 +0000

marriage is great specially if you have found a very special someone that is beautiful both on the inside and outside.~-,