Legalising homosexuality

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is known for his vision in denouncing smocking on screen as many youngsters because of their worship to heroes of tinsel world are prone to tobacco. However his reiteration to legalise homosexuality to tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country is ludicrous. Minister says that 86 per cent of HIV/AIDS cases were due to sexual contact and that could be avoided by homosexuality. Is n’t there any physical contact between homosexuals? Section 377 of the IPC criminalises men who have sex with men (MSM) and other unnatural sex acts and according to the minister this section should be abandoned. Doesn’t it mean those people who put this section in the IPC are visionless?

The Delhi High Court ruling on homosexuals, however, corroborated minister’s views and it brought cheers to the gay community. The lesbian community elsewhere in the country distributed sweets and described it as a progressive move.

I have the firm opinion that though the judgment will make a change in approach towards homosexuals it is something against Nature and its fundamental rules. All human build aspirations against the Nature would finally collapse. Homosexual act among species of animals other than human is a rare phenomenon. Moreover it is against all religions. Whatever the opinion of people about different religions all of them teach the same good thing and human love. And especially for India, as it is a land of innumerable religions, the Delhi Court verdict is against the culture of Indian society. I believe there is no urgent need to legalise homosexuality when there are other burning problems especially in medical field for immediate attention. MSM and WSW are unnatural practices and should be denounced even if it is not considered as a as a criminal act.

It is true that there are people in every religion who are lesbians and what they immediately needed is a psychiatric or rather psychological healing. It is unwise to quote from Vatsayan’s Kamasutra', to authenticate the act of homosexuals. If we legalise gay acts it will be more evident in public places and then even prostitution should also be endorsed. Of course, homosexuality is a crime against Nature, however prostitution is not. Such obscene acts should not be allowed in our country as the community will be harmfully affected.