Religious groups welcome outlawing gay sex
Bishop Sam Varghese, general overseer of Apostolic Churches Alliance, welcomed the apex court verdict.
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“Homosexuality represents a threat to traditional Indian culture. We are very happy with the verdict as homosexuality is a mental disorder and it is against our rich culture,” said Zafaryab Jilani, member of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board.
VHP general secretary Champak Rai echoed him. “It is a criminal offence and the apex court has done a great job by upholding the law. Homosexuality is nothing but perversion and moral degradation and should never be allowed in our society. We are very happy with the verdict,” Rai said.
The Muslim personal law board, Hindu spiritual leaders, the Utkal Christian Council and the Apostolic Churches Alliance had moved the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court order decriminalising gay sex.
In a landmark judgment in July 2009, the high court had excluded adult consensual gay sex, done in private, from the scope of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
Bishop Sam Varghese, general overseer of Apostolic Churches Alliance, welcomed the apex court verdict.
“We are very happy that the apex court took up the matter and passed a favorable judgment,” he said over phone from Kerala. “We are not against homosexual people but their behavior which is against nature and the Bible does not approve of it. It is nothing but perverse,” the bishop said.
Yoga televangelist Ramdev, several of whose followers were among the petitioners against the high court verdict, described homosexuality as a “disease”.
“The Supreme Court has respected the sentiments of the various religious communities of India. Today they are talking of homosexuality, tomorrow they will talk of having sex with animals,” Ramdev said.
Source: Telegraph
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