All’s GAY that ends well!

All’s GAY that ends well

Times are changing for sure. So, the age old-sayings need some alterations. Alterations that will definitely lead to altercations.

The Delhi HC ruling comes as a respite to gay activists fighting a legal battle for over 8 years now. Discrimination on the basis of sexual preference is depriving a person of his/her basic civil right, and the verdict has rightly put an end to it. Now we can expect more people ‘coming out of the closet’ and boldly declaring that we are ‘Gay and proud’; incidentally at the same time. Yet, in a multi culturist society, a state of acceptance is more important than mere provisions. If the professed gays are shunned by the ‘normal’ people, then their freedom becomes too limited. So that calls for another law to be passed which terms ridiculing or disrespecting the gays of the society, a punishable offence. Hence, the acceptance of certain people showing an ‘unnatural’ sexual orientation by the society at large will be reflective of the success made by the latest judgment.

The conservative religious and cultural groups term this verdict as an unfortunate. But the government cannot please all the sections of the society at the same time. Nevertheless, this historic amendment which is bound to have far-reaching implications is a laudable gesture by the government taken towards establishing a state of utopia.

Jai ho!