India Health Minister Calls Homosexuality Disease - TIME

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(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

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I don't know much at all about Indian culture, but didn't the Kama Sutra include some same sex acts? It seems to me that that would imply a historical basis distinct from overt Western influence.

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Personally, I find that most oldworld-descended cultures are a lot more morally uptight than their ancient counterparts. This definitely applies to all the cultures and peoples descended from the ancient Indus Valley. Plus, I'm familiar with the prejudices of the people I come from. *sigh*