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India Government AIDS Body Urges Legalization of Sodomy
By Gudrun Schultz
NEW DELHI, India, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – India’s National
AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has joined the efforts of activist
organizations to decriminalize homosexual behaviour, saying the ban on
homosexual activity is driving HIV/AIDS infections underground.
NACO, the regulatory government body responsible for efforts to control
the spread of the infection, filed a statement in the Delhi High Court
on Wednesday in support of a petition put forth by a local AIDS group
that asks that the law against homosexual activity be lifted.
UNAID and other non-governmental organizations are also backing the
decriminalization of homosexuality in India, suggesting that HIV/AIDS
infection rates will increase as long as laws prohibit the gay
lifestyle and drive men to risky sexual behaviour. India has the second
highest infection rate in the world, with over five million people
carrying the virus.
HIV/AIDS infection rates in Western nations which have decriminalized
homosexuality, however, suggest the opposite may occur. Research has
shown that infection rates are highest among members of the homosexual
community in countries where homosexual activity is legal and
educational material on “safe-sex” practices is readily available.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Washington reported
in 2005 that HIV infection rates among homosexual men increased eight
percent during one year alone, from 2003-2004.
In Canada, a 2004 report from Toronto showed a dramatic increase in HIV
infection rates among the homosexual community, up 49% since 1988.
The Indian government has resisted efforts to decriminalize homosexual
activity, saying the social climate of the country “does not favour”
legalization.
See previous LifeSiteNews coverage:
UN Tells India to Decriminalize Homosexual Sex to Fight AIDS
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/06011307.html
Indian Government Fights Court Effort to Legalize Sodomy
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/dec/05120805.html
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