India goes 'back to the Dark Ages' by banning gay sex — again
By Shyamantha Asokan, Reuters
India's Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a 2009 ruling by a lower court that had decriminalized gay sex, in a major setback for the cause of gay rights in the world's largest democracy.
The top court stated that only India's parliament could change the law, by deleting a section of the penal code dating back to the 19th century, thus ruling that the Delhi High Court had overstepped its powers with its decision four years ago.
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Fuckin' disgusting news. As though the situation in Russia and in certain African countries wasn't bad enough, we now have this huge backwards stride in the world's 2nd most populous country. Get this idiotic law sorted and banished, India!
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