Homophobes fear Delhi court ruling

The homophobes can never understand what it is like to be homosexual. It is for many not a matter of choice: some people are born to be gay.

  In the US, some estimates say one out of every 10 American is gay. In Communist China, the rumors go, as many as one in four is gay.

Homosexuality is not limited to humans only.

The first reaction by the media and the gays who participated in a parade and hailed the judgment later was far from encouraging. They went overboard. French kisses in the street between gays for the benefit of cameramen were not only offensive ~ these violated the anti-obscenity law. Our law and order machinery may be too lax to take note. In the days to come the public may be less forgiving.
If gays view reform as a licence for exhibitionism and the right to indirectly propagate their culture through an overactive gay community they may invite big trouble.

The Delhi High Court, in a landmark verdict on Thursday, legalised homosexual acts between consenting adults by overturning a 149-year-old law.

While homosexuality has always been as much a part of Indian society as anywhere else, it has had to lurk in the shadows.

Some see the ruling as crucial for the country’s battle against HIV/AIDS. Gay advocacy groups say the fear of persecution by law enforcement agencies leaves homosexuals without easy access to health information and preventive care. Religious leaders, meanwhile, have described homosexuality as "unnatural."

Contradictions are deeply interwoven in India’s social fabric. Will the judgment make conservative Indians change their perception of the gay community? Are Indians ready to accept same-sex couples?