the right thing for the wrong reasons: India Today's sex survey

I was apalled by the last edition of india today; the one that had the sex survey. No I wasn't apalled by the sexual preferences of the indian male. I was apalled by the views of one of the columnists. The aticle was about homosexuality and the writer stated that homosexuality should not be a criminal offense in India because a sizable percentage of the men who had particpated in the surey had stated that they had had homosexual relationships at some point of time.

While I believe that the section 377 is discriminatory, the writer's argument does the cause of homosexuality more harm than help. The writer seems to imply that if 40% of the drivers in India have cut through a traffic signal at some point of time, then cutting a red signal should not be considered a violation of traffic laws. Hilarious argument.

Article 377 should be abolished because it is discriminatory. The goverment has no right to claim that buggery constitutes a moral crime. It is the government of the people of India; not the government of the RSS or the heterosexual male!

The author of that article has no logical or legal foothold when he suggests that homosexuality should not be a legal offense because of the fact that a sizable percentage of the population has indulged in it. Article 377 should be abolished of course; but not because 40% of the men surveyed have had homosexual encounters.

The argument is flawed. And it is shocking that this gets printed at all. What the FUCK do editors have blue pencils for?