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World: You can now be gay without fear of arrest in (a small part of) India

  • A ban on homosexual sex has been overturned. Today, a New Delhi court overturned section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which bans consensual gay sex. The decision, which only applies only in New Delhi, is a huge victory for the country’s gay rights movement. Religious leaders panned the decision, saying it was leading to further Westernization of the conservative-leaning country. source
 

7 Responses to You can now be gay without fear of arrest in (a small part of) India

  1. anonandon says:

    Oy, I protest to “famously conser­v­a­tive”. We’re not any more conser­v­a­tive than the bulk of America. We drink, we have sex (obviously; how else did we end up with a billion-plus popula­tion?), people are not arrested at Pride parades. Sure we have our share of crazy conser­v­a­tives but then again, who doesn’t?

  2. You’re right. I mostly based the wording of that off the article, but I can easily scale it back. I’ll change it to “conservative-leaning.”

    Sorry about that.

  3. anonandon says:

    Oy, I protest to “famously conser­v­a­tive”. We’re not any more conser­v­a­tive than the bulk of America. We drink, we have sex (obviously; how else did we end up with a billion-plus popula­tion?), people are not arrested at Pride parades. Sure we have our share of crazy conser­v­a­tives but then again, who doesn’t?

  4. You’re right. I mostly based the wording of that off the article, but I can easily scale it back. I’ll change it to “conservative-leaning.”

    Sorry about that.

  5. anonandon says:

    Oy, I protest to “famously conser­v­a­tive”. We’re not any more conser­v­a­tive than the bulk of America. We drink, we have sex (obviously; how else did we end up with a billion-plus popula­tion?), people are not arrested at Pride parades. Sure we have our share of crazy conser­v­a­tives but then again, who doesn’t?

  6. You’re right. I mostly based the wording of that off the article, but I can easily scale it back. I’ll change it to “conservative-leaning.”

    Sorry about that.

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