Supreme
Court of India has upheld a law which is more than 150 years old. And the
Justice who actually upholds the law is, if not 65 then 60 years old. It’s such
an irony that LGBT community which have started getting properly recognized and
seeking their rights since 3 decades were slapped by a justice who is double
the age of this fight. In the great Indian epic ‘Mahabharata’ Bhism Pitamaah
had refused to use weapon against a transgender out of respect and moral code, and
was also as old as the justice of Supreme Court. However, in present times the
justice Bhism Pitamaah has unleashed a force against these people by upholding
that decayed law.
I
have read somewhere that Law can’t be absolute. It subject to time and
circumstance and as soon as the time and conditions change the law becomes obsolete.
So either 150 years have not passed or the conditions have not changed a bit. Nevertheless,
I don’t agree with both, since in those times Indian society was a conservative
society, but today, after 150 years even the law claims or I must say proclaims
that Indian society is a liberal society and if it stands as true as the moral
of Bhism Pitamaah then why the rights of LGBT have not been given to them. They
are not asking for any favor, what they are asking is their birth right: Pursuit
to Happiness and Acceptance like any other human being on earth.
In
my hometown, when a transgender comes parents try to get blessings, for their
children, from them. Parents say their blessings have a real effect. There is a
transgender who is a good friend of my father. At my elder brother’s marriage
they have been invited to bless the bride and groom. So gracefully they blessed
both and put a good show. This friendship goes almost 15 years back in time.
And, I am sure there are others like my father who have friendship with these people
and have respect too. So, the society wants to leverage their divine power, if
they really have one, but not ready to give them their rights. This is an
unfair deal and on top of it we have criminalized their sexual urge.
There
are not just transgender but Lesbian, Gay and Bisexuals. Every living being on
this earth is born with a right to have sex according to its orientation. When
God itself has not discriminated this world based on sexual orientation then
who are these religious conservatives to challenge the will of Almighty.
I
am straight so I can have sex but a Gay can’t, this is like imprisoning the ultimate
desire of a human. This is far worse than the death penalty. If Gay sex is penalized
by life imprisonment then be it because even by inhibiting that ultimate desire is far worse than that imprisonment. No one chooses to be gay, lesbian,
transgender or bisexual, it is an inner desire like Love where logics and
arguments don’t work. And, a LAW against it is obviously an atrocity.
People
have forgotten the fact that sex is not just a mechanism of reproduction. It’s
more than that; it’s a way to relieve ones soul. Had it just been a way of
reproduction, and not the ultimate pleasure, ‘Kama sutra’ the ancient guide of
love would have not been written. When straight people can take pleasure from
sex and relieve their souls and mind then why can’t a Lesbian, a Gay, a
Bisexual, and a Transgender.
I
am a straight man and support LGBT cause from my conscience and disregard the
decision of Supreme Court.
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