Same-sex marriage is against Indian culture and ethos

The Supreme Court of India is right in not allowing same-sex marriages to take place. Allowing gay or same-sex marriage as a constitutional right would be a mistake. Since it has been good to improve civil rights for women and minorities, some think it would be a noble thing to also grant same-sex marriage as a civil right. Marriage, being sanctioned by God, however, has a theological element that should not be abridged by the government.

According to the Catholic Church, sexual intimacy between a man and a woman is the normal method of male and female bonding (emotionally and physically) because it corresponds to the design of our bodies and because it is the normal means by which offspring are created. If God had intended the human race to be fulfilled with both heterosexual and homosexual marriages, He would have designed our bodies to allow reproduction through both means and made both means of sexual intercourse healthy and natural.

Homosexual anal intercourse carries a high risk of disease, which is recognised in the Holy Scriptures, where gay men are said to receive in their bodies the due penalty for their sins.

The Holy Bible clearly tells us in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 6, Verses 9 and 10: “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” God will not honour a sinful marriage between two homosexuals or lesbians.

The book of Leviticus, Chapter 18, Verse 22, also tells us, “Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.”

Again, in Leviticus, Chapter 20, Verse 13, we read, “If a man practices homosexuality by having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of capital offence.”

Remember, God destroyed the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis, Chapter 19) because the men in those cities were filled with lust and were gays (homosexuals).

Homosexuality is rejected in a number of places in the Qur'an too, where it says, "It is just not allowed; it is haram".

Islam has clear and explicit rules regarding sex and sexuality. According to Islam, sex is only allowed within a marriage, and an Islamic marriage can only take place between a man and a woman and not between people of the same sex, i.e., men and men and women and women. Islam does not allow same-sex marriages to take place, sex before marriage, or for people to have anal intercourse. These rules apply equally to both straight and gay people.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: "Doomed by God is what Lut's (Lot in the Holy Bible) people did (i.e., homosexulity)."

The Prophet also said, "No man should look at the private parts of another man, and no woman should look at the private parts of another woman, and no two men should sleep in bed under one cover, and no two women should sleep in bed under one cover."

The Qur'an also mentions sex between men several times, almost all of them in the context of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Homosexuality is actually a disease, and people who practice it need shrinks to knock some senses into their heads.