{"id":49982,"date":"2023-10-18T10:44:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/?p=49982"},"modified":"2023-10-18T10:44:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:14:46","slug":"on-gay-rights-bjp-goes-with-rss-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/on-gay-rights-bjp-goes-with-rss-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"On gay rights, BJP goes with RSS stance"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Delhi, October 17(Press Ki Taquat)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ruling BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court majority view that non-heterosexual couples cannot claim an unqualified right to marry.<\/p>\n

The ruling party claimed vindication of its stand articulated in the Centre\u2019s arguments in the affidavit submitted to the SC in the matter.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
The affidavit said judicial interference would cause complete havoc with the delicate balance of personal laws in the country and argued that the apex court, even in 2018, while decriminalising homosexuality, did not accept same-sex marriage as part of the fundamental right to life and dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution.<\/div>\n
In December 2013 when the Supreme Court overturned Delhi High Court\u2019s 2009 landmark order decriminalising homosexuality (Section 377 of the IPC), then BJP chief Rajnath Singh hailed the decision, saying that \u201chomosexuality is an unnatural act and cannot be supported.\u201d In 2016, the RSS in a major shift of stance on gay rights called for decriminalisation of consensual gay sex. Then RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale (currently general secretary) said: \u201cHomosexuality is not a crime but a socially immoral act in our society. No need to punish but it must be treated as a psychological matter. Gay marriage is institutionalisation of homosexuality. It should be prohibited. The approach to homosexuality should entail no criminalisation as well as no glorification.\u201d<\/div>\n
Since 2018, the RSS and BJP\u2019s position on same sex marriages has remained consistent that marriage in India is a sacrament with statutory recognition of the relationship between a biological man and a biological woman.<\/div>\n
As late as January 2023, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat speaking on the subject stopped short of backing gay marriages. \u201cSuch (gay) preferences are biological and people with such proclivities have always existed …We want them to have their own space and feel part of society.\u201d Accordingly, the BJP-led Centre and pro-RSS organisations opposed petitions seeking legalisation of same-sex marriages before the Supreme Court.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi, October 17(Press Ki Taquat) The ruling BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court majority view that non-heterosexual couples cannot claim an unqualified right to marry. The ruling party claimed vindication of its stand articulated in the Centre\u2019s arguments in the affidavit submitted to the SC in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9852,14176,20],"tags":[28375,28377,28383,28378,28374,28574,28381,28576,5482,28575,21962,21966,28376,28573],"class_list":["post-49982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-cover-story","category-india","tag-same-sex-marriage","tag-same-sex-marriage-in-india","tag-same-sex-marriage-in-india-supreme-court","tag-same-sex-marriage-news","tag-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court","tag-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-hearing","tag-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-india","tag-same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-verdict","tag-supreme-court","tag-supreme-court-hearing-same-sex-marriage","tag-supreme-court-judgments","tag-supreme-court-live","tag-supreme-court-on-same-sex-marriage","tag-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49984,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49982\/revisions\/49984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presskitaquat.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}