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INDIA

Proud in New Delhi

India's uneasy relationship with gay pride.

Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jun 30, 2008 | Updated: 11:07  a.m. ET Jun 30, 2008

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  • Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 07/21/2008 9:28:54 PM

    Comment: Homosexuals should not be aloud to spend time with children and corrupt there minds. Homosexuality is just as wrong as Murder they are both depraved sick crimes against what is natural.
    Both these crimes fly in the face of what is normal decient human behavior.
    Anyone that supports homosexual activity is a contributor to it.
    Homosexuality is wrong.
    Its is not diversity it is perverisity
    They should be given the mental help they need.
    It is not about left or right wing politics its about right and wrong.
    Homosexuality is wrong and always will be just because you say its not does not mean its true.
    Hate what is bad not the individual only the crime.

    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/23/2008 15:07:18

      Comment: So if they are not "aloud" can the be quiet time with children?
      Would that not corrupt here minds instead of there minds?


      Now that I have enjoyed the foolishness of your grammar, let's address the sheer idiocy of your ideas.

      Homosexuality has been proven to be a normal part of nature. Like it or not, it is a fact.
      Homosexuality is a normal decent human behaviour. It is nothing like murder and anyone who says so is a fool. Your hatred is what is deviant..
      It is not a crime, except in the minds of relgious fools. (Not everyone who believes in religion or god thinks that homosexuality is wrong or bad, so I am not criticizing those who believe in god or religion in gernel , only the idoits.)
      The only people in need of mental help are the haters.




      • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/25/2008 11:21:15

        Comment: ghostmasseur, I'm afraid that your position is hopelessly untenable. You're outnumbered about 9 to 1. Sorry, but democracy cuts both ways.

        I don't agree with everything OnlyCureJGK said, but I do agree that homosexuality is wrong. Unnatural, immoral, and wrong. BUT, I do believe that people have the right to choose their lifestyle and not be persecuted for it. Just don't try and tell us black is white and up is down.

        • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/25/2008 16:39:53

          Comment: Democracy has nothig to do with it. You are welcome to belive what you want. But my position on homosexuality being a natural state is supported by science so it does not matter what 9 out of 10 people think.

          I happen to believe that evangelism is immoral, unnatural and wrong.

  • Posted By: xguy2k @ 07/13/2008 12:45:47 PM

    Comment: I was proud to be in the event.. and guys if you want to show your solidarity, please sign the open letter at http://p2.voicesagainst377.org :)

  • Posted By: screamshout @ 07/06/2008 9:14:21 PM

    Comment: Did you seriously just say you know it's wrong because your kids said ew when to guys kissed? Kids say 'EWWW!' when heterosexual couples kiss, they think the opposite sex has cooties. I'm sorry to tell you that your kids are not telling you what's right or wrong, natural or unnatural. They're just kids being kids.

    • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/08/2008 13:38:34

      Comment: Are YOU seriously trying to convince ME that sex between two men is NATURAL?

      Get serious.

      • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/08/2008 19:04:05

        Comment: What you THINK about it is of importance only to you. Science has shown that it is natural. It exists in other animals as well. And yes, we are only animals in the overall biological scheme of things.

        Humans are sexual beings. Whether it is between two men, two women or a man and a woman it is natural. The revulsion that you feel is purely a learned reaction. It is not an inate one.

        • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/09/2008 13:17:50

          Comment: Sorry, two male dogs humping each other is not a justification for homosexual sex.

          • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/09/2008 19:09:05

            Comment: That is an inane commetn and analogy. And actually yes it is. From a purely biologicval perspective the fact that it occurs in almost every mammal and every primate (and we are primates) shows that it is natural. Also there does not need to be a "justification". It is simply nature. Sex is sex. It matters not whether it is heterosexual or homosexual.

            • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/10/2008 13:12:27

              Comment: And the cow jumped over the moon. La de da

              Just because you keep saying something doesn't make it so. I'm sorry but reality is harsh.

              • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/10/2008 14:44:59

                Comment: Except I have the science to back up my claims. You do not. The benefit of having done the research.

                Yes reality is harsh. It is a shame you do not know the reality.

                • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/10/2008 15:30:09

                  Comment: Right. Science. LMAO

                  I'm done. Good luck with your futile struggle for acceptance.

                  • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/10/2008 16:26:09

                    Comment: How does one laugh one's entire self off?

                    I'm straight.

                    Gays are already accepted and the numbers of the straight community who are doing so is increasing every year.

                    • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/11/2008 12:27:21

                      Comment: Okee dokee. Follow the yellow brick road!

                      • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/27/2008 10:04:05

                        Comment: You are the one who lives in a fantasy world, not me.

  • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 07/03/2008 9:07:47 AM

    Comment: Nothing bigoted about the statement. Ask the thousands who were attracted to the gay lifestlye and have discovered their errors. You can love your brother without making love to your brother. There is a distinct difference. Science has not proven being gay is normal, that is a false statement. You make a statement like that and the bloggers think it has some credibility. Science has stated that there exists atonomical unexplained imbalances that somehow influences the psyche towards mono-sexual tendencies. Nothing biological. You can amend nature, but not reverse it. Sorry Ghost.

    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/07/2008 10:44:17

      Comment: Comment: Bobby,

      Science has shown that it exists in nature, not just in humans. Thereby it is both natual and normal. And they are not imbalances, but differences, just as eye color and handedness are diferrences. It is not amendiing nature, it is nature. Sorry Bobby.

      And when you lump homosexuality in with murder and pedophilia, it is absolutley bigotry. And of those "thousands" who have discovered their errors, most are simply deluding themselves due to peer pressure and religious hatemongering. There is also a fairly decent probability that they were never truly homosexual but were bi-sexual and are forcing themsleves to deny their attractions.

  • Posted By: zanax @ 07/02/2008 11:43:01 AM

    Comment: What are the stats on the gay population. They are usually from middle or upper class. And that translate to a lot of power to propagate their agenda. Should gays have rights? Of course, every other human beings But should they go to the govt. and insist that their issue is as important as the race and poverty issue and political oppression, many think not.

    • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 07/03/2008 09:06:50

      Comment: Zanax, you are correct. What some of these groups tend to do is to group thier agendas with legitimate causes so it also appears legitimate. Issues of racial discrimination, economic disadvantages etc. do not belong in the same arena as the issue of gay rights. Rights are guaranteed by the constitution, based on principles stated by our founding fathers, nothing about choice riights.

    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/02/2008 17:20:36

      Comment: Actually the LGBT population is fairly equally represented in ALL economic and racial groups. And yes, the rights of any oppressed and discrimianted aginst group is equally important. As long as one group is oppressed then all goup are capable of being opressed.

  • Posted By: zanax @ 07/02/2008 11:30:15 AM

    Comment: By the way, with the increase of population migration we have many elite going to poor countries to have their say so or to propagate their agendas. On the photograph we see a dark male kissing a white male. Just a question, where does the white guy come from ?

    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/02/2008 17:21:39

      Comment: It does not matter.

      • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 07/03/2008 09:07:28

        Comment: ENothing bigoted about the statement. Ask the thousands who were attracted to the gay lifestlye and have discovered their errors. You can love your brother without making love to your brother. There is a distinct difference. Science has not proven being gay is normal, that is a false statement. You make a statement like that and the bloggers think it has some credibility. Science has stated that there exists atonomical unexplained imbalances that somehow influences the psyche towards mono-sexual tendencies. Nothing biological. You can amend nature, but not reverse it. Sorry Ghost.nter Your Comment

  • Posted By: zanax @ 07/02/2008 11:23:36 AM

    Comment: We need to start ranking on domestic problems. There are a growing list of problems but the question is which is the most CRITICAL. People that are oppressed! Even in the West like the USA, it is the one's that are unemployed or poor.

    We need to use our collective energy to eradicate the most pressing issues. Destroying poverty should be based not only on humanitarian reasoning but on the practical. Poverty leads to disturbances in any culture, such as crime, anti-social behavior, increase population and medical infections and more. Eradicating poverty should the number one concern.
    Conversely, political oppression is another major issue. Because in that scheme, we have certain people that are more oppressed than those who want civil liberties. Political oppression also leads to economic oppression.

  • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 07/02/2008 10:34:40 AM

    Comment: Murderers rights, gay rights, pedophile rights....all choices, a chosen lifestyle. Situations of "rights" cannot be justified, because it is a CHOICE. I cannot ask to keep the spoils of a robbery after I serve my time in prison. Becoming a thief is a choice, and that surrenders all "rights".

    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/02/2008 17:18:04

      Comment: That is typical bigotted garbage.

      Science has proven that being gay is NOT a choice. It is a normal biological process.

      • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 07/03/2008 09:02:53

        Comment: Nothing bigoted about the statement. Ask the thousands who were attracted to the gay lifestlye and have discovered their errors. You can love your brother without making love to your brother. There is a distinct difference. Science has not proven being gay is normal, that is a false statement. You make a statement like that and the bloggers think it has some credibility. Science has stated that there exists atonomical unexplained imbalances that somehow influences the psyche towards mono-sexual tendencies. Nothing biological. You can amend nature, but not reverse it. Sorry Ghost.

        • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/03/2008 09:25:02

          Comment: Bobby,

          Science has shown that it exists in nature, not just in humans. Thereby it is both natual and normal. And they are not imbalances, but differences, just as eye color and handedness are diferrences. It is not amendiing nature, it is nature. Sorry Bobby.

          And when you lump homosexuality in with murder and pedophilia, it is absolutley bigotry. And of those "thousands" who have discovered their errors, most are simply deluding themselves due to peer pressure and religious hatemongering. There is also a fairly decent probability that they were never truly homosexual but were bi-sexual and are forcing themsleves to deny their attractions.

  • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 07/02/2008 10:27:19 AM

    Comment: Hey Ghost, the truth is the truth, even when it is spoken by a liar. Your inability to accept and believe the truth, does not in any way invalidate the truth. Sometimes the truth is hard to absorb, because we tend to create our own truth. But, there is only one truth....the Word of God...and that's the truth.

    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/02/2008 17:12:11

      Comment: It is not an inability to accept. It is the simple fact that there is not proof of god. You may believe in god, but that does not make it truth or fact. It is only faith. That is fine, but it is not universal truth.

      The simple reality is that ther is not way to prove that god and the bible are anything other than man-made creations. They are both creations of teh human imagination. IF they serve a useful purpose for you or others, that is fine. But they are not universally needed or universal truth.

      • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 07/03/2008 09:19:29

        Comment: Ghost, It is difficult to explain the unexplainable. And, that is ok...there was a time when there was total concensus that the world was flat. I will not fault you for that. But, try to expalin origins, existence and perpetuation without pointing to a higher power. Scientists have tried, to no avail. Yes it is faith, but that manifests itself into reality after all else is exhausted. There is a God.

        • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/03/2008 12:41:52

          Comment: Actually it is fairtly easier to explain origins and the like without a higher power, if by higher power you mean a deity that one must worship, created a book of laws and is still involved in things. It makes just as much sense to give credit to off world sceintists as a "higher power" who created the galaxy as an experiment and have either abandoned it to run its course or are silent observers. And that idea does nto require worship or religious bigotry. It does not require belief in some dead human who dies to cover some human created idea called sin. IT does not require that EVERYONE accept one way of doing things. Religion and god are pure faith that do not maninfest themselves as reality except in the minds of followers. My point is that there as just as feasible and valid alternative explanations. And to be very honest how things were created is not as important as what we do with what there is today and in the future. For some that requires a belief in god and that is okay. But it is not a universal need or truth.

  • Posted By: HAL--- @ 07/02/2008 12:39:10 AM

    Comment: Leviticus 18:22: "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."

    Romans 1:26-27: "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet."

    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/02/2008 09:53:11

      Comment: Hal,

      That is bible garbage. It is irrelevant, man-made garbage.

      • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 07/02/2008 10:27:03

        Comment: Hey Ghost, the truth is the truth, even when it is spoken by a liar. Your inability to accept and believe the truth, does not in any way invalidate the truth. Sometimes the truth is hard to absorb, because we tend to create our own truth. But, there is only one truth....the Word of God...and that's the truth.

        • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/02/2008 17:11:50

          Comment: It is not an inability to accept. It is the simple fact that there is not proof of god. You may believe in god, but that does not make it truth or fact. It is only faith. That is fine, but it is not universal truth.

          The simple reality is that ther is not way to prove that god and the bible are anything other than man-made creations. They are both creations of teh human imagination. IF they serve a useful purpose for you or others, that is fine. But they are not universally needed or universal truth.

  • Posted By: goldeniangel @ 07/01/2008 4:03:50 PM

    Comment: The problem, Thrasher, is that people like you tend to think that someone saying "I'm gay" is promoting it. Why can't people celebrate a historic event, just as most minorities do, and have a parade? Oh, because that's PROMOTING their lifestyle right? It's much better for them to live in the shadows and not have any of hte same rights and everyone will just ignore them right? Except that people won't, every group ever discriminated against tried to hold back and live in the shadows for years, and history has shown time and time again that it's not until they get in people's faces and DEMAND acceptance that they ever get treated like human beings.

    You think that homosexuality is a degenerate lifestyle... I disagree, even though I'm straight. But why should YOU get to tell me or anyone else how to act or think? I assume you probably have children, so go ahead and teach your children, but are you such a bad parent that you have no faith that your teachings will pass on? Or are your kids so terrible that they will do things that are degenerate or criminal?

    Or is it just that REALLY you're afraid that maybe it's not a lifestyle and not a choice and that one day you might have to face the fact that one of your children is a homosexual?

    • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/01/2008 16:46:36

      Comment: goldeniangel:

      You've obviously totally missed the point. I clearly stated that gays have the right to be gay, but my problem comes when the gay lifestyle is touted as "normal" through the media and by gays themselves.
      Look at all the gay-based programs on television, from "Will and Grace" to "Gay eye for the straight guy", to an ENTIRE NETWORK ("Logo"). The issue here is that, clearly, the gay lobby is trying to desensitize the public to homosexuality. You know what, I have no problem with two people of the same sex loving each other. I love my brother. I love my dad. I love my best friend. I don't HAVE SEX with my brother or my dad or my best friend, and that's what is never mentioned when we're talking about gay rights. All we hear about is "Just let us LOVE each other", but there's never any mention of sex between two men (or women), because everyone knows that gay sex is repulsive to 90%+ of the population and would just serve to hurt the gay right cause.

      Homosexuality, in my view, is a degenerate lifestyle. Go into a gay club sometime and walk into the bathroom or out back into the alley. See what you see. Especially among male gays, there is massive amounts of drugs and unprotected promiscuous sex with multiple partners and even strangers, it's all part of the culture, the DEGENERATE culture. Even without the sex, if these activities were going on at, say the local Rotary club, we would be outraged and incensed at the illicit behavior. That's not to say that there are not gays who are monogomous and don't just live to get high and have as much sex with as many partners as possible, but these are definitely in the minority, in my experience in dealing with them.

      You mentioned my kids, so let me just say that I can teach my kids one thing, but if the media and their peers are all hammering them with an opposing viewpoint, my teachings don't mean much do they, and this is my big problem with the whole "gay is ok" thing, it's NOT OK, and I don't need people contradicting the values I am teaching my children, whether or not those "people" agree with me or not. They're MY KIDS, and I have the obligation to teach them morality and the difference between right and wrong, normal and abnormal.

      Finally, you dragged out the old "being gay is not a choice" line of reasoning. In my opinion, there ARE a small group of people who were born with gender issues that amount to women being born in men's bodies and vice-versa. Obviously, these people could rightly claim to have been born gay. That being said, it is my firm belief, after decades of observation, that only 10% or so of people proclaiming themselves to be gay were actually born that way, the other 90% made the choice to live a gay lifestyle for one reason or another.

  • Posted By: Boka @ 07/01/2008 1:05:05 PM

    Comment: I'm tired of gays push there lifestyle in our face. Why don't they just shut up. Don't they have any shame?

    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/01/2008 15:06:13

      Comment: "I'm tired of gays push there lifestyle in our face. Why don't they just shut up. Don't they have any shame?"

      I'm tired of mindless bigots pushing thier viewpoints in our faces. Why don't they jsut shut up. Have they no shame (or intelligence).

      See how assinine your comment is.

      Let's see, Let review India's "gereat lifestyle".
      1. The caste system (which still exists in may ways.
      2 Honor Killings. (which still exist.)
      3. Women having to walk behind men (which still exists.)
      4. Horrendous overpopulation.
      5. Relgious war with Pakistan (both sides are full of it on that one.)
      6. Horrendous sanitition


      • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/01/2008 15:12:16

        Comment: I think Boka's right. Why are gays always trying to shove our faces into their lifestyles? I am perfectly willing to tolerate homosexuality, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. All of this media gayness is just trying to normalize what amounts to unnatural and immoral acts of sex between two people of the same sex.

        Bottom line: If you want to be gaythen be gay, but don't expect tyhe world to ever accept gay sex as normal. It's not, and it's not gonna happen, so get used to it.

        • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/01/2008 16:30:20

          Comment: thrasher32,

          They are not trying to shove your faces into it. They are trying to live thier lives without being victimized, attacked and discsriminated against.

          I am heterosexual and have enough education to know that not only is it not "unnatural". No is is not a normal thing. Science has proven that it occurs inthe animal kingdom (and human are a prt oft eh animal kingdom whether youlike that fact or not). As far as "immoral". Just because some man-made religions say that is so does not make is so.

          And a lot of cultures are starting to accept is as just one more aspect of the human experience.

          You do not have to like it. I can bet that there are things that you do that I do not like. I get sick and tired of people trying to shove religion (especially Christianity) down my throat.

          • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/01/2008 16:53:48

            Comment: And where, exactly, did I bring religion into this? I never made any mention of religion, nor do I think it has any place in this conversation.

          • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/01/2008 16:53:03

            Comment: I'm not trying to lay anything on you. I support gay rights. What I do not support is the "normalization" of homosexuality. Sorry, two guys having sex is not normal, and showing it on TV or in the movies does not make it normal. Argue that point.

            • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/01/2008 21:30:47

              Comment: Actually I would argue that it is "normal". Sex is not just for procreation, it is also for pleasure. IF homosexual sexis pleasurable there is nothing abnormal about it. And since it does occur in nature with other animals, that too, supports that idea that it is "normal", or mor specifically it is part of natural biology.

              Also I was not specifically saying that you were shoving religion in my face. I was using it as an example. I apologize if it seemed I was directing that specifically at you.

              From my experience, the overwhelming majority of gays and lesbians I know (over 150) are in monogamous relationships.

              And I would argue that your 10% born number is way off. It is probably the exact opposite with 10% at most being bisexual with preferences for men, the rest being genetically gay. .

              As for the "degenerate" club scene, the same thing goes on in the straight community. Check out the 20 and 30 year old men and women in some of the clubs in major citiies. Same things happen.

              • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/02/2008 14:26:19

                Comment: I'm sorry but I don't accept gay sex as normal. The overwhelming majority of gays you know are in monogamous relationships, and you know 150 gay couples like this??? I find that dubious. Where do you live??

                No, I believe my 10% number is correct.

                I'm sorry, but the old adage is true, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still ugly. Or degenerate in this case.

                Sorry, that's the way I see it. I want you to think about this: if we held a public referendum in this country on the subjects of gay marriage and gay rights, how do you think that would turn out? In case you really are our of touch, the gay movement would lose that vote by a huge margin - 80% or better. I am really sorry but society does not want open homosexuality as part of our culture. That's just the way it is, and that's the way it will always be, it's just human nature to be repulsed by gay sex.

                I know reality sux, but it is what it is. I will restate my position that I support the right of gays to live in our society as equals, but that does not mean that we, as a society should condone or encourage people to live a gay lifestyle or to teach children that being gay is normal or desirable in any way.

                That's pretty much all I have to say on the subject.

                • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/02/2008 17:15:53

                  Comment: I have lived in several major cities. and my 150 number may actually be low.

                  Believe all you want but the reality does not support it.

                  Actually, each year, support for gay rights and gay marriage is growing. It is not human nature to be replulsed by gay sex. It is a taught opinion.

                  • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/03/2008 16:52:09

                    Comment: I'm sorry, my experience has apparently been different than yours. I'm not buying it and I don't think anyone else here is either. A male dog humping another male dog is not evidence of natural behavior.

                    And I disagree, gay sex IS repulsive, as evidenced by my children, when they were very young and having no exposure to such things going "EWWWWWWWWW" when they saw two guys kissing on TV. It's just reflex, and no matter what you say or do, you can't make gay OK. Sorry to burst your bubble, but all the "progress" the gay movement is making is just an illusion, and I'm afraid that there will be some major backlash against all the gay-ism and attempted normalization of homosexuality. The public at large is just not going to stand for it, I think that has been made quite clear.

                    I support the right for gays to coexist in our society without harrassment, but I do not support condoning or encouraging the gay lifestyle or gay marriage. End of story.

                    • Posted By: ghostmasseur @ 07/03/2008 18:37:22

                      Comment: Not end of story at all. And I can all but guaranteee that you had influenced your children even a a young age. Believe all you want but studies are showing that homosexuality Is becoming more accepted in society. Hide your head in the sand all you want but the facts speak for themselves. My experience is based on fact and science while your is based on emotion, and emotion is invariably a blinding force.

                      As for the people here. Many of the posters do not represent mainstream society. The most vitriolic posters, like yourself, come here to spout off, but are becoming a minority farily rapidly. I come here because this sort of stuff is part of my academic field, and it helps with both my research and to make sure that there is an opposing voice to hatred.

                      • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/07/2008 10:58:14

                        Comment: OK, well good luck with that.

  • Posted By: johnytp@gmail.com @ 06/30/2008 4:00:53 PM

    Comment: Mr. Kumar D Kapasi, thanks for portraying India as the most perfect society. You have done what every son of the soil must do hide its garbage under his own carpet. Thanks to people like you it took India nearly 1000 years to relatively wash away its caste discrimination while it took the USofA, 200 yrs to relatively wipe of its race discrimination. Stories like these will only help bring about discussions to solve this "so called" problem and not by hiding from them.

  • Posted By: johnytp@gmail.com @ 06/30/2008 4:00:34 PM

    Comment: Mr. Kumar D Kapasi, thanks for portraying India as the most perfect society. You have done what every son of the soil must do hide its garbage under his own carpet. Thanks to people like you it took India nearly 1000 years to relatively wash away its caste discrimination while it took the USofA, 200 yrs to relatively wipe of its race discrimination. Stories like these will only help bring about discussions to solve this "so called" problem and not by hiding from them.

  • Posted By: R Lawrence @ 06/30/2008 3:54:42 PM

    Comment: The majority of people on this planet that live their life from the perspective "us against them" are letting their ego dominate their views and oppinions of others and cast negative judgements because their in fear. I am not homosexual but I do respect every human being for who and what they are or are not. Human Rights are Rights that are endowed on every person regardless as to their race, nationality, sex or sexual lifestyle. What homosexual individuals and as a collective group are asking for is only what all people ask for, which is to be treated equally to all other citizens of their country and the world. What is wrong with that request? I say absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!!!!! What does the world have to fear from recognizing their right to live their lives in any form that suits them? I say absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!! In what way does homosexual lifestyles present a threat to the lives of anyone that is not homosexual? I say in no way!!!!!!!!! So lets get on with solving the problems that do present a threat to mankind and get away from judging those people that appear to be wanting something that others may not and stop the judgement.

    • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/01/2008 15:35:40

      Comment: The problem is that homosexuality is a degenerate lifestyle that we don't want to promote or to have our children taught that sex between two men is normal. Period. As I have said before, if you want to be gay then be gay, but do not promote your lifestyle to others or try to tell us that gay sex is normal, because it is not. I don't think gays should be discriminated against or persecuted, but on the other hand, promoting gay-ism as "normal" or "natural" is just plain wrong.

  • Posted By: woodviolet @ 06/30/2008 2:11:16 PM

    Comment: "Not everyone involved in the New Delhi march felt entirely comfortable bearing their face..."

    Bearing their face? Like in their hands? I think you meant "baring"

  • Posted By: kumarkapasi @ 06/30/2008 1:39:45 PM

    Comment: The writer says that "India may pride itself on being the world's largest democracy, but it still takes a dim view of gay rights." The next thing from someone like him will say that "India takes a dim view of right to guns". Democracy works best when a country respects its citizens' rights to foster a better governance, ensuring safety with sanity; and not by letting its people do what they want in the name of "human rights". India, the largest democracy, has had much fewer instances of gun-sooting deaths in schools or corporate scandals like Enron, Worldcom, sub-prime credit crisis, that have plagued the world's so called best democracy, namely, the USofA. We do not exploit women in magazines by having their nude photographs; we respect women. We have a much better and a more responsible censor policies to ensure that good values are preserved and that no harmful or irresponsible material is published in the name of freedom of speech and expression. We have a much stronger institution of family and much fewer children of single parent. We believe in marriages and work towards making them work and last "till death do us part". We do not have illicit live-in relationships and fewer Indian children are bastards than in most of the so called developed countries. We do not have pregnant teenagers and schoolgirls. I can go on and on; but I hope whatever I have mentioned above conveys the strong value system that India and its rich cultural heritage stands for. We do not breed a licentious society in the name of liberty and freedom.

    Kumar D Kapasi
    Mississauga, Canada

    • Posted By: daplane @ 07/01/2008 20:09:04

      Comment: I am sure India being a wonderful country is why you find yourself living overseas.

 
 
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