Homosexuality is apparently a disease according to India's health minister
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[release]NEW DELHI — India's health minister has derided homosexuality as an unnatural "disease" from the West, drawing outrage Tuesday from activists who said the comments set back the country's campaign for gay rights and its fight against HIV.
The comments Monday by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at a conference on HIV/AIDS in the Indian capital echoed a common refrain in the conservative South Asian nation that homosexuality is a Western import.
"Unfortunately this disease has come to our country too ... where a man has sex with another man, which is completely unnatural and should not happen, but does," Azad said.
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Lets spread it wooo. Can't wait for Spring break 2012.
clearly this man has a poor scientific education
[QUOTE=Bletotum;30938204]clearly this man has a poor scientific education[/QUOTE]
I dunno. I assume in a country with like a sixth of the world population everyone would be straight.
If you're even using the Bible as a reference, wouldn't common sense say that homosexuality's been around much longer in that half of the world much closer to them than it has been in what we call "the West" today?
[QUOTE=Jonii;30938230]If you're even using the Bible as a reference, wouldn't common sense say that homosexuality's been around much longer in that half of the world much closer to them than it has been in what we call "the West" today?[/QUOTE]
Shhhh....
Is homosexuality a mental disease though? I've got nothing against homosexuals but this made me wonder.
[QUOTE=Theorisable;30938249]Is homosexuality a mental disease though? I've got nothing against homosexuals but this made me wonder.[/QUOTE]
No. Rabies is a mental disease though.
Hey, a lot of good that English imperialism brought, huh?
[QUOTE=Nikota;30938259]No. Rabies is a mental disease though.[/QUOTE]
Maybe not a disease but isn't homosexuality a mental disorder? It is not part of normal development or culture, therefore would be classed as a mental disorder, right?
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Just read up, apparently it's not.
[url]http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_mental_health.html[/url]
[QUOTE=Theorisable;30938365]Maybe not a disease but isn't homosexuality a mental disorder? [b]It is not part of normal[/b] development or [b]culture[/b], therefore [b]would be classed as a mental disorder[/b], right?[/QUOTE]
How does that make any sense?
[QUOTE=Theorisable;30938365]Maybe not a disease but isn't homosexuality a mental disorder? It is not part of normal development or culture, therefore would be classed as a mental disorder, right?
Just read up, apparently it's not.
[url]http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_mental_health.html[/url][/QUOTE]
The only one having a mental disorder here is India's health minister.
How ironic.
Indias health minister is a closet gay
lol India.
this guy must be the eat da poo poo guy's buddy or something
best disease, i should know
[QUOTE=Theorisable;30938249]Is homosexuality a mental disease though? I've got nothing against homosexuals but this made me wonder.[/QUOTE]
Get out.
[QUOTE=Theorisable;30938365]Maybe not a disease but isn't homosexuality a mental disorder? It is not part of normal development or culture, therefore would be classed as a mental disorder, right?
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Just read up, apparently it's not.
[url]http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_mental_health.html[/url][/QUOTE]
It [b]is[/b] part of normal development and it [b]should[/b] be a part of normal culture.
the unnatural argument is completely fucking stupid, half the shit we do nowadays is unnatural
[QUOTE=stealth_camo;30940585]the unnatural argument is completely fucking stupid, half the shit we do nowadays is unnatural[/QUOTE]
Homosexuality is natural, though. It appears in other species, and I remember recently seeing a scientific article speculating that homosexuality may be a natural response to overpopulation but that they need more information to develop that theory.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals[/url]
If God thinks it is unnatural to be gay, why does he allow it? You can say all you want about free will and what not, but to me anyway, that kind of logic sounds like the writings of a human rather than the work of a supreme being. So, it seems to me that all this is a lie and should not be believed anymore. It's make-belief!
[QUOTE=Omali;30940769]Homosexuality is natural, though. It appears in other species, and I remember recently seeing a scientific article speculating that homosexuality may be a natural response to overpopulation but that they need more information to develop that theory.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals[/url][/QUOTE]
Thank you for an informative reply
Well it is a moral controversy to an extent, but tbh who cares? In the end it doesn't even matter as long as we don't make any sized deal out of anyone's homosexuality.
[QUOTE=Stockers678;30940908]If God thinks it is unnatural to be gay, why does he allow it?[/QUOTE]
It doesn't work like that.. And just for the sake of argument, God would allow love between two males too, it's just the close-minded people that don't.
I have a disease!? :ohdear:
Has this man been severely ill then !?
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I'm not late for this, am I?
No?
All right, good.
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[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;30941387]Has this man been severely ill then !?
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Uhhh? what?
who gives a shit about moral controversy
Unnatural disease [b]from the West[/b]?
Are they calling us gay? How mature of you India.
Is India, one of the most sexually frustrated countries out there, really trying to lecture the world about sexuality? That's a good laugh.
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