tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407445.post4122586366714836659..comments2024-03-15T19:57:04.551-07:00Comments on Queer India: In the name of GodAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02342934196832519389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407445.post-25688046427512048802012-05-15T10:19:34.183-07:002012-05-15T10:19:34.183-07:00Nice article.
However, the sentence "O Chur...Nice article. <br /><br />However, the sentence "O Church! You need to set your own house in order before reminding others about Leviticus" may need further deliberation, as some bracnches of Christianity, or even Catholic christianity, accept LGBTIQ, etc. <br /><br />Similarly, the sentence " Until then every Catholic ought to bear the cross for the sins of the Church, which they have funded" may need further deliberation. Every catholic ? Surely, not every one, as some will be for LGBTIQ, etc. <br /><br />And why spare the muslim clergy ? Interestingly, one has not heard the Sikh clergy speaking against sexual minorities. <br /><br />For the record, I'm not a christian, or a muslim, or a sikh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407445.post-29408865093540951772012-03-17T10:36:35.319-07:002012-03-17T10:36:35.319-07:00The opposition to Gay sex comes from the Jewish bi...The opposition to Gay sex comes from the Jewish bible, was taken up by Christianity and then in turn by Islam. It appears in the book of Leviticus, as laws pacifically intended for the tribe of Israel, who after leaving slavery in Egypt were coming to settle the Holy Land. It was of utmost importance that the tribe of Israel increase it's numbers in order to create a nation and protect that nation from it's enemies. Therefore all sexual activity that did not result in pregnancy was discouraged and forbidden. So one can surmise that gay sex is forbidden only to Jews. On the other hand, not one of the Dharmic scriptures has a single prohibition on gay sex. Not the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Ramayana nor Gita condemn it. Our ancient temples show many incidents of gay sex, so it is obvious that in ancient times it was accepted as part of life. Kamasutra has a chapter on gay sex too with nothing negative in it. The prohibition to gay sex was introduced to India via the Muslim invasions and then put into law by the British, who were pushed to do so by the Christian missionaries. Homophobia is not native to India but forced on us by foreign conquerors. It is time we kick these erroneous beliefs out of India for once and for allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com