India Gay Ruling: Local Media Reacts With Glee

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India Gay Ruling: Local Media Reacts With Glee

HuffPost has rounded up some of the reactions across India's media to today's decriminalization of homosexuality by the Delhi High Court:

NDTV called the Delhi ruling a "revolutionary verdict", saying that India has become the 127th country to legalize homosexuality.

A headline in the Indian Express quotes the High Court's position that "Homosexuality is not a mental disorder."

The Times of India has reported Bollywood's approval of the ruling and quotes filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt: "This is a defining moment in the history of free India. No state has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only 'queer' people are those who propagate hate."

The Hindustan Times emphasises the UN's approval of the ruling. The UN said it believed the decision could act set a precedence for countries who currently outlaw gay sex.

Indipepal writes that a similar petition had been rejected by the same court in 2001 and concludes that activism played an important part in bringing about today's ruling: "It is clear that this latest ruling is a reflection of increased activism by gay rights groups and high profiled supporters like Bollywood actress and Former Miss World Celina Jaitley, along with a more progressive government."

The court ruling is repeatedly quoted by ZeeNews who calls it a "pathbreaking judgement". Zeenews quotes the ruling: "It cannot be forgotten that discrimination is antithesis of equality and that it is the recognition of equality which will foster dignity of every individual."

The NY Times quotes the court:

“Consensual sex amongst adults is legal, which includes even gay sex and sex among the same sexesâ€

I wonder, is this some kind of koan?

Can you remember when we had to depend on such rulings in THIS country to help progress us to where we are today? It would seem unimaginable, but we should never forget what also occured in our own country in the not so distant past.

Can you remember when we had to depend on such rulings in THIS country to help progress us to where we are today? It would seem unimaginable, but we should never forget what also occured in our own country in the not so distant past.

From what I can tell about DADT, we're not really out of the woods.

The Indian government states it has the decision under study and so far has not reacted publicly one way or the other.

As reported by China's international news agency

The quote from the Catholic Bishop's Board is of little significance as Christians are an insignificant minority in India. Muslims are far more numerous (roughly the equivalent of Black + Hispanic in the U.S.) and played an essential part in Congress Party's recent electoral success.