Sir ,
The Supreme Court of the United States of America has legalized same-sex marriages in all the 50 states of the country. While pronouncing the verdict, the associate justice of the Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy, said, “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were.”
However, gay relations are not legal in many countries across the world, with some even having the provision of death penalty for those found involved in same-sex relationships.
India’s case is peculiar in that it lacks a uniform civil code even when it comes to heterosexual unions. Therefore, it still has a long way to go in addressing the issue of gay unions.
Yours truly,
V. Dattatray Patil, Pune
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Same sex marriages should be legalised in the countries.Everyone has the right to choose their partners.But it is the society which is not going to accept it because of their mentality.They are not in favour to accept inter-caste marriage then same sex marriage is beyond their thinking.
Ekta you must know inter-caste marriages are yet not accepted in our society. And same sex marriages is above from all of these.
Same sex marriages should be legalised nationwide. We all should accept it inspite of treating them as taboo of our society. Being a gay is not their own choice its natural, its a god gift. They are also having equal right as we all have so, we should accept them and respect the ir choice.
I agree with you Akanksha. But what happens in a country like ours, people consider/think that being in a relation with the same sex is an insult to our traditions and values.
So, according to me…even if same-sex marriages are legalized, it is not going to work until and unless people change their mentality. So, to accept this thing it is also necessary to change the mindset of the people.
However, as our country is developing I do believe that as we have accepted the living relationships and the inter-cast marriages, we will also accept the same sex marriages soon.