tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post4363590207284203318..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Homosexual Relations Decriminalized in IndiaMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-49207622697450468642009-07-04T01:52:27.167-05:002009-07-04T01:52:27.167-05:00Thanks for pointing out this story's often ign...Thanks for pointing out this story's often ignored feature, Terence, and for expanding on it so insightfully.<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />MichaelMichael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-75424327466567168602009-07-04T01:44:33.165-05:002009-07-04T01:44:33.165-05:00One feature in this widely welcomed story has been...One feature in this widely welcomed story has been mostly ignored. It was a colonial law which criminalised homosexual relations in the first place. In the ancient world, in non-Western societies, and in Christian Europe for the first millennium and more, it was not homosexuality but exclusive heterosexuality which was seen as unnatural.<br /><br />In overturning this law, India is simply returning to the tradition of its rich, thousands years old,tradition.Terencehttp://queeringthechurch.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com