Debate: Legalization of homosexuality in India

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Is Legalization of Homosexuality in a Conservative country like India Justifiable

Background and context:

Recently, Section 377 which states that sexual intercourse between the same sexes is prohibited under the indian penal code was decriminalized. Is it a way forward?

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Change: Is change on homosexuality an acceptable idea in India?

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• Societies should embrace change, including allowing homosexuality. The activists who support homosexuality state that it is high time that we become more open to modernization and move on from being a conservative society. They believe that Indians will have to accept homosexuality and often quote Heraclitus-"Nothing endures but change".

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• Legalizing homosexuality is a wrongful act of endorsement. Babu Joseph, spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, said in June of 2009: "We are against calling homosexuality a criminal activity, but we are certainly in principle against legalizing it, because that would mean the state endorsing same-sex relationships.""India faith leaders: Anti-gay law must stand", CNN, by Harmeet Shah Singh, June 2009

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