IndiasTopCourtEndsBanonGaySex.ppt

IndiasTopCourtEndsBanonGaySex,IndiasSupremeCourthasstruckdownthecountryslong-standingbanongaysex.InadecisionannouncedThursday,allfivejudgeswhoconsideredthecaseagreedthatthebanshouldberemoved.Inreadingthecourtsdecision,ChiefJusticeDipakMisrasaidthelawhadbecomeaweaponforharassmentagainstmembersoftheLGBTcommunity.ThelawbarringsexbetweenmembersofthesamesexwasfirstintroducedbyIndiasBritishcolonialrulersin1861.Thecriminalactwaspunishablebyupto10yearsinprison.Thelawwasendedin2009bytheDelhiHighCourt.Butitwasbroughtbackin2013bytheSupremeCourt,makingIndiaoneofthefewcountriesthatoutlawedgaysex.ButthelatestSupremeCourtdecisionfoundthatsexualorientationisbiologicalandshouldnotbeusedtodiscriminate.ChiefJusticeMisrasaid,socialmoralitycannotbeusedtoviolatethefundamentalrightsofevenasingleindividual.Anotherjustice,D.Y.Chandrachud,saidwhilethecourtcannotchangehistory,itcanpaveawayforabetterfuture.,Indiasconservativegovernmenthadopposedendingthelaw.ButofficialssaidtheywereleavingthedecisiontothewisdomoftheSupremeCourt.However,thegovernmenthadwarnedthatjudgesshouldnotchangelawsrelatingtomarriagerights.RightsgroupsandmembersofIndiasLGBTcommunityhadcampaignedfortheSupremeCourttoendthegaysexban.SomecelebratedinthestreetsnearthecourtinNewDelhi-cheering,dancingandwavingflags.Wefeelasequalcitizensnow,activistShashiBhushantoldtheAssociatedPress.Whathappensinourbedroomislefttous.Iamspeechless!collegestudentRamaVijtoldtheFrenchPressAgency.Itstakenalongtimetocome,butfinallyIcansayIamfreeandIhaveequalrightsasothers.OneofthepeopleresponsibleforbringingthecasetotheSupremeCourtwasDebottamSaha,whospoketoReuters.Imsoexcited,Ihavenowords,hesaid.TheheadoftheMuslim-ledJIH(Jamaat-e-IslamiHind)politicalgroupcondemnedthecourtsdecision.Inastatement,MuhammadSalimEngineersaidendingthebanongaysexhadputIndiaonapathtowardmoraldegradation.,ThestatementsaidtheJIHbelievesinthefundamentalrightsofallcitizens.However,legalizinggaysexignoresreligiousteachings,ourcultureandtheopinionoftheoverwhelmingmajorityofthepeople,itadded.AleaderoftheconservativenationalistgroupRSS(RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh)notedtheorganizationdoesnotbelievethatbeinggayshouldbeacrime.However,thegroupsaidIndiansocietytraditionallydoesnotrecognizegayrelationships.DebottamSahasaidIndiasLGBTcommunitywillstilllikelyfacemuchdiscrimination.Wearenolongercriminals,(but)itwilltaketimetochangethingsontheground-20to30years,maybe,hesaid.SukhdeepSinghisagayrightsactivistandeditorofthemagazineGaylaxy.Hesaidthecommunitystillhasalongwaytogotobelegallywithyourpartner.Butheaddedthatthecourtdecisionhassurelyopenedthedoorformorechangesinthefuture.Thisisthefirstbattlethathasbeenwonandtherearemanymorebattlesthatwearegoingtofight,hesaid.,Somenewwordsandphrases,discriminationdi.skrimineinn.歧视，辨别力，识别orientation.:rienteinn.信仰，趋向，定位，适应，情况介绍harassment英hrsm()nt;hrsm()nt美hrsmntn.骚扰；烦恼bar英b美brn.障碍；法庭vt.禁止；阻拦prep.除外LGBTabbr.同性恋、双性恋及变性者（LesbianGayBisexualTransgender）,1.struckdown打倒Hewasstruckdownattheheightofhiscareer.他在事业达到巅峰时病逝了。2.equalrights平等权利Wewillbejustlydemandingequalrightsatwork.我们将要求享有工作中应得的平等权利。3.colonialrulers殖民统治者Theeresistancemovementstartedacampaignofterroragainstthecolonialrulers.抵抗运动开展了一场反对殖民统治者的恐怖活动。,4.broughtback恢复Shebroughtbacktheumbrellasheborrowed.她把所借的伞归还了。5.Anotherjustice,D.Y.Chandrachud,saidwhilethecourtcan