120 eminent residents write to president Draupadi Murmu opposing equivalent intercourse marriages

Amid the persevering with listening to by a construction bench of the Supreme Court on a batch of petitions looking for approved recognition for same-sex marriages, a bunch of 120 eminent residents wrote to President Draupadi Murmu, objecting to makes an try to legalise same-sex marriages in India.

The extraordinarily achieved folks, ranging from ex-bureaucrats to retired extreme courtroom judges dubbed the prepare as ‘unnatural’, ‘irrational’ and ‘highly objectionable’ inside the letter written on Thursday (April 27),

They have been aghast over the onslaught in the direction of the cultural traditions and religious tenets of India and urged the apex courtroom to refrain from demolishing the institution of marriage, which falls beneath the purview of the Legislature.

Same-sex marriage | A bunch of former judges, former IPS officers and former bureaucrats write 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 regulation to…

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“…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 institutions because it is offensive to our values, besides being irrational and unnatural,” the letter recognized.

“It is widely appreciated that same-sex relationships 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 eminent residents further added.

“The health and future of such children will be severely compromised… 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 emphasised.

“India can’t afford that its future generations keep in such an setting, which definitely will produce further gays and lesbians, and tear apart and destroy the institutions of ‘family’ and ‘society’ irreparably. They gained’t discover out about their mom and father, ancestors, custom, religious…

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“They (Future generations) won’t know about their parents, ancestors, culture, religious tenets and age-old values,” the letter further warned. The eminent residents recognized that the issue of same-sex marriage is raised by pseudo-liberals beneath the garb of ‘progressive and liberated thinking.’

They requested President Droupadi Murmu to intervene and protect the Indian traditions, values and social materials from being destroyed by ‘elitist progressiveness.’

The signatories included ex-CAG Rajiv Mehrishi, ex-Home Secretary L C Goyal, former RAW chief Sanjeev Tripathi, Justice (retired) S N Dhingra and Justice (retired) Lok Pal Singh.

Earlier, Bar Council of India handed determination opposing recognition of same-sex marriage, saying it is in the direction of the custom and socio-religious building of the nation.