VHP and Saints in Rajkot oppose move to legalize same sex marriage

Rajkot: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Rajkot has opposed same-sex marriage, stating that such relationships are against Hindu culture.

The Hindu Dharmacharya Sabha has also written a letter to the chief justice opposing same-sex marriage. Arguing that relationships are meant to be between a man and a woman only, VHP claimed that same-sex relationships are against Hindu culture. VHP has further stated that same-sex marriage is neither accepted nor allowed in Indian culture and that demands for it should not be made. “If we have to take our culture, values and traditions forward, then same-sex marriage should never be allowed,” said VHP.

The Saints have also expressed their opposition to same-sex marriage. “This is against Dharma, and we want to stop it. If the same-sex marriage plea continues, the Sadhu samaj will hold more protests. The way the Supreme Court is taking this matter of same-sex marriage is not at all right,” said a sadhu.

A group of former judges, former IPS officers and former bureaucrats had yesterday written an open letter to President Droupadi Murmu, with a “request for intervention for saving of Indian cultural traditions, religious tenets and social values.”

“…If we revise the law to make same-sex sexual union rational, acceptable or moral, it will open the doors to same-sex sexual culture. Our society and culture do not accept same-sex behavioural institution because it is offensive to our values, besides being irrational and unnatural..,” reads the letter.

“It is widely appreciated that same-sex relationship can’t create long-term or stable institutions; and if they are allowed to adopt children, they can’t maintain stable and long-lasting relationships with their families, parents, relatives and partners. The health and future of such children will be severely compromised,” the open letter further reads.

“India cannot afford that its future generations live in such an atmosphere, which surely will produce more gays and lesbians, and tear apart and destroy the institutions of ‘family’ and ‘society’ irreparably. They won’t know about their parents, ancestors, culture, religious tenets and age-old values,” reads the letter. DeshGujarat