After the day, the Supreme Court gave a landmark verdict on Section 377 by legalising homosexuality. The big step towards the lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) community is commendable but the government is all set to oppose rights of the community such as same-sex marriages.
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“If equality of LGBTQ persons is now a fundamental right, then right to marry, bequeath property, share insurance (medical and life) are all part of this. We are asking for rights respect and dignity and it is unconstitutional and impudent to deny that. I am astounded at people who say that we cannot get these rights,” said Sunil Mehra, a petitioner in the section 377 case.
A government functionary, according to the reports said, “Decriminalisation of same-sex acts was fine but the government would oppose any demand to legalise same-sex marriage.”
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The political fraternity was quiet about the decision since the verdict was out but now the government is all to set to oppose the marriages. The same stand was of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) “Same-sex marriages are not compatible with norms of nature, so we don’t support them. Bharatiya society doesn’t have the tradition of recognising such relations,” said the RSS spokesperson Arun Kumar.