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Don't decriminalise gay sex: Home ministry
Thursday February 23, 2012 03:50:30 PM,
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New Delhi: The union
home ministry told the Supreme Court Thursday that it was not in
favour of decriminalising gay sex. It said Section 377 of the
Indian Penal Code should remain on the statute to check cases of
child sex abuse and other "unnatural offences".
Reiterating the stand it had taken before the Delhi High Court,
which has struck down Section 377, the home ministry said that
homosexuality was immoral and was causing the spread of HIV/AIDS
in the country.
As Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra sought to link
homosexuality with the spread of HIV/AIDS, an apex court bench
headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi that is hearing a batch of
petitions challenging the high court verdict, asked: "What is the
statistical data supporting such a nexus?"
The court observed that even according to the home ministry, only
eight percent of those inflicted with HIV/AIDS could be attributed
to the homosexual category.
Malhotra, however, maintained that homosexuals formed a high-risk
category for contracting HIV/AIDS.
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