Legal Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriages Will Hurt India’s Cultural Roots, RSS-Affiliated Body Pleads With SC

In a letter to the Supreme Court, an RSS-affiliated body said that legalising same-sex marriage would defeat the purpose of the Hindu Marriage Act and also show how other religions and Western countries are “dominating” India. have been and are affecting the ‘nature of Hindutva’.

Samvardhini Nyas, affiliated with the women’s wing of the RSS, drew the apex court’s attention to the disastrous implications of legalising same-sex marriage. The organisation said that any such decision will hurt the roots of India’s culture and Indian society and will create a situation of upheaval all around. Raising many issues in the letter, the institution affiliated with Rashtra Sevika Samiti has said that by giving legal recognition to same-sex marriages, the development and personality of the children brought up by such parents will be affected, as well as, to a great extent, the youth.

In a letter addressed to the registrar of the Supreme Court, legal advisor Shweta Sharma wrote that giving legal recognition to gay marriage would defeat the purpose of the Hindu Marriage Act and also show how other religions and Western countries dominate our country. have been and are affecting the nature of Hindutva. A five-judge constitutional bench headed by CJI Justice DY Chandrachud is hearing the petitions regarding giving legal sanction to same-sex marriages.

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Several LGBTQ rights activists have termed an RSS body’s survey on same-sex marriage “dangerous and misleading” and accused the organisation of “spreading misinformation”. Earlier in the survey of Samvardhini Nyas, many doctors and allied medical professionals had said that homosexuality is a disorder,” and if same-sex marriage is legalised, then this disorder will increase in society.