Dear FORUM,

The question that you have raised is do you support the court's decision to
legalize homosexuality?

While different people have given their responses to that question and their
reasons for the same, I think the heart of the matter is this: Gays have been
considered criminals by Indian society.

That is blatantly unfair. The court has just corrected a huge injustice...no
human being should be deemed a criminal because of his/her sexual preference.

People like Ramdev Baba have been saying that homosexuality is a disease.

No doubt this is a grossly unscientific statement.

But even if one were to go by his argument, does having a disease make one a
criminal? So, in that case, every person who suffers from heart disease, cancer
or alzhiemer's disease should be declared a criminal!

Does that make sense?

Adite Chatterjee
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