{"id":35399,"date":"2018-09-20T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=35399"},"modified":"2018-09-13T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T22:14:14","slug":"india-finally-legalizes-gay-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/india-finally-legalizes-gay-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"India Finally Legalizes Gay Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6137779\/Indias-court-legalises-gay-sex-landmark-ruling.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/09\/06\/09\/4FC555D600000578-6137779-image-a-12_1536221927378.jpg\" width=\"364\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: The Daily Mail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6137779\/Indias-court-legalises-gay-sex-landmark-ruling.html\">India scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex<\/a> in a new landmark Supreme Court ruling. Gay sex is considered taboo by many in socially conservative India, and had previously been punishable by up to 10 years in jail. But a five-judge bench in India&#8217;s Supreme Court was unanimous in overturning the ban recently.<\/p>\n<p>The bigoted law held that sex between members of the same sex was \u201cagainst the order of nature.\u201d Five petitioners challenged the law on the grounds that it was discriminatory since it unfairly prosecutes consenting adults. \u201cAny <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/\">consensual sexual relationship<\/a> between two consenting adults &#8211; homosexuals, heterosexuals or lesbians &#8211; cannot be said to be unconstitutional,&#8221; said the Chief Justice of India as he read out the judgement to cheering citizens. Congrats, India: at last, love wins!<\/p>\n<p>Want to celebrate your sexuality? 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