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Lawrence Goes To India Perhaps

By firstamendmentblogger

A New Delhi court ruled that a statute criminalizing gay sex was a violation of fundamental rights under India's constitution.  Section 337 imposed a 10 year jail sentence for "carnal intercourse against the order of nature."  The law's a remnant of colonial rule that's been used by police as a means of harassing the GLBT community.   

The ruling applies only in the capital city, and is not binding on other courts in India.  The law itself can only be repealed by Parliament.

-Kathleen Bergin   

photo: Sanjay Austa, First Gay Pride, New Delhi

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on July 02, 2009 (boomark / email).