So, its okay to be go EVERYWHERE in the territory of India (except as i mentioned J&K). Thanks to the legal experts for clearing this massive confusion.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/.....a%E2%80%99

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.....731089.cms

This is a very good step in the right direction.

However, ordinary Hindu religious leaders and sects (such as the Shankaracharyas, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sai Baba, Mata Amritanandmayi, ISKCON, Arya Samaj, etc) are yet to state their position.

Buddah hasn’t been able to see his dick for centuries.

What could he possibly tell us about any kind of sex? LOL

How do you manage to navigate with your head shoved so far up your ass?

And what are we supposed to do in the meantime, waiting for “these hardline whackjobs to die off”? Stick our heads up our asses along with you?

Ignorant a lot, do?

stop listening to them, stop reporting on them….STOP GIVING THEM AN OUTLET TO VOICE THIER HATRED AND BIGOTRY!

eventually, these hardline whackjobs will die off…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comm.....ndia-court

Sorry if I was unclear. By ‘battle” I meant the campaign to change the law, not the specific court fight. Several ministries already support changing the law, including the new attourney general. That in-cabinet campaign has been going on concurrent with the court challenge.

Even if this case goes to the Supreme Court (which I don’t think has the same tradition of ruling according to personal and political opinion that you have in the U.S.) this matter is likely to be settled in parliament.

If there is a new law draughted there might be another court challenge, but if that section of the code is more likely to be simply stricken.

The government is a coalition, so passage is not guaranteed, but this court ruling gives strong support to a change the government has been actively promoting.

If the Iowa Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, it would not affect the entirety of the U.S. The same goes here – the fact that Delhi is the capital is irrelevant. I’ve already read the ToI piece which is very detailed but does not actually say anything to support what you’re claiming.

RTM is correct. This provides precedence for other High Courts to mimic – which they likely will. But it is not itself a definitive ruling for other provinces or federally. ‘Precedent’ is not the same as ‘law’.

In any case, the fundamentalist groups are going to file an appeal before the SC. So this decision is still not final. But it is an important first step.

Not exactly. They ruled a federal law unconstitutional.

More importantly, this battle was orchestrated by the federal government, which plans to change the law this fall to be in line with the constitution.

This ruling sets a country-wide precedent which the judge said will stand until that happens.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

Queerty’s reporting here is some of the most in-depth and accurate I’ve seen on this topic. So let’s give credit where credit is due.

Contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t always happen that way.

How about some quotes from people who think this is a good turn of events (or even from the government ministers who did it) rather than giving the last word to religious homophobes.

After all, Obama isn’t running things over there too, so there is no need to make this story pedal backwards just to be trendy.