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Title: India Supreme Court Upholds Sodomy Law
Post by: DriftingCrow on December 17, 2013, 12:33:55 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on December 17, 2013, 12:33:55 PM
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/india-supreme-court-upholds-sodomy-law
Author: J.Lester Feder Source: BuzzFeed
After a 12 year legal battle, the Supreme Court of India overruled a lower court ruling striking down a law criminalizing consensual same-sex intercourse on Wednesday morning.
The legal organization that brought the case, the Lawyers Collective, tweeted from the courtroom that this is a "major setback to LGBT rights."
Since the Delhi High Court ruled the law unconstitutional in 2009, its enforcement has been suspended throughout India. Today's ruling means people can once again be arrested and prosecuted for "unnatural offenses" in the world's second largest nation.
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British Colonial Era Anti-Sodomy Laws Still Reign Around The World
http://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamberger/british-colonial-era-anti-sodomy-laws-still-reign-around-the
Author: Mirima Berger Source: BuzzFeed
India's anti-sodomy law, which a court upheld yesterday, was first passed during British colonial rule — and they aren't the only former colony to maintain the British-era bans.
Author: J.Lester Feder Source: BuzzFeed
After a 12 year legal battle, the Supreme Court of India overruled a lower court ruling striking down a law criminalizing consensual same-sex intercourse on Wednesday morning.
The legal organization that brought the case, the Lawyers Collective, tweeted from the courtroom that this is a "major setback to LGBT rights."
Since the Delhi High Court ruled the law unconstitutional in 2009, its enforcement has been suspended throughout India. Today's ruling means people can once again be arrested and prosecuted for "unnatural offenses" in the world's second largest nation.
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See also:
British Colonial Era Anti-Sodomy Laws Still Reign Around The World
http://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamberger/british-colonial-era-anti-sodomy-laws-still-reign-around-the
Author: Mirima Berger Source: BuzzFeed
India's anti-sodomy law, which a court upheld yesterday, was first passed during British colonial rule — and they aren't the only former colony to maintain the British-era bans.
Title: Re: India Supreme Court Upholds Sodomy Law
Post by: ZoeM on December 17, 2013, 12:39:30 PM
Post by: ZoeM on December 17, 2013, 12:39:30 PM
So dumb, Eeeugh
I don't mean to make light of this - it's a very problematic precedent. But seriously, SCofI? In this day and age?
I don't mean to make light of this - it's a very problematic precedent. But seriously, SCofI? In this day and age?