Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban:
Still, the decision was condemned from many corners in India. “This is wrong,” said Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi, a vice chancellor of Dar ul-Uloom, the main university for Islamic education in India. The decision to bring Western culture to India, he said, will “corrupt Indian boys and girls.”
The High Court’s decision should be overturned, said Murli Manohar Joshi, the leader of the main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. “The High Court cannot decide all things,” he said.
plimfix 10:40 am on July 2, 2009 Permalink |
These folks aint afraid to invoke Western culture by declaring gay sex “against nature”. I’ll happily stand corrected by the more scientifically literate on here (I’m merely scientifically opinionated), but isn’t that bological determinism?
razib 10:55 am on July 2, 2009 Permalink |
i think the reference is to *natural law*, which scientists wouldn’t have any opinion on anyhow.
Conrad Barwa 4:29 am on July 3, 2009 Permalink |
Surely scientists would say there isn’t much ‘natural’ about natural law?
razib 12:29 pm on July 3, 2009 Permalink |
unless they’re catholic i don’t think they would know anything about it. but yeah, the word ‘natural’ is used totally differently….