You are so right!
The reasons given for Homosexuality being a crime in India are just plain stupid. I hope they over rule this coz it honestly does not make sense.
I hope society's perception change too regarding the same.
More than the law, the people need to change. Homophobia is disgusting. Homophobes perceive gay people just by their sexuality and not by their personality. I'm hoping my friend doesn't live in India once she gets a job and goes to a gay friendly country like US or UK or Sweden or something.
This is so true. Even the religion we are joined in loathes the existence of homosexuality. Seriously everytime I go to Church the Priest is always ranting about the negative effects of homosexuality to a child. (I'm Bisexual btw). That is why I am only Catholic/Christian in name. I have abandoned my religion for a very long time.
The reason why people are generally against homosexuality is because of religion. I mean, okay, you can be religious and believe in God and pray and whatnot, that's up to you. But once you begin using religion to harm and discriminate against others, THAT'S where my dislike towards religion arises. Let's face it, it is this discrimination that has started unrest and hatred in our society. Nobody regards science, which says homosexuality is natural. They prefer to believe in a book obviously created by homophobic people, people who weren't aware of genes and how the structure of the brain plays a vital role in determining your gender and sexuality. And because they were homophobic, obviously they'd write anti-homosexuality things to get people to hate on homosexuals. Appears a little like scapegoating to me.
And the most ironic part is, my religion (Hinduism) has a mostly positive attitude towards homosexuality and calls it natural, just like heterosexuality. But, still, most Hindus are homophobic. Somehow, accepting and loving people who are different and have never caused any harm seems like a better road to me than hating them.
Homophobia sickens me. Is it that much fun hating, hurting and killing people who just want to live and love? My best friend is pan, and I live in a homophobic country. What if she falls in love with someone who is not male? Wtf is going to happen, then? It makes me so anxious. I want to help her but I don't know how.
Just wanted to rant, sorry.