Supreme Court decriminalises gay sex! Television community celebrates!

Shivin Narang:  I guess everyone has their own right to choose a partner. As a society, we should not interfere and it’s not right to criminalise or punish someone. Anyways, Supreme court is smart enough to make decisions. There should be no punishment for love.

Shamin Mannan: This is great news and I can say with pride that I am an Indian today. Love has no boundaries and stopping someone from loving someone is completely inhuman. Indian society still has a long way to go and I think there are people who are homophobic and that’s sad. However, this verdict of decriminalising gay sex might open up people’s brains.

Jasmin Bhasin feels society must come together!

Jasmin Bhasin: It is the most progressive piece of legislation and is long overdue. I hope families with gay children, will support them, so will their friends and neighbours. I think society must work hard together, to show solidarity and remove this stigma attached to homosexuality. Privileges are not just for the masses. Every individual counts. It was so unfair to restrict the LGBT community from leading a normal life just because the hetero majority was not comfortable about it. Kudos to the judiciary and hope that other states follow suit. Government(s), on their part, should not oppose the verdict and focus on curbing evils like child abuse, etc. For those who believe that homosexuality is ‘unnatural’, I would point you to recent scientific findings that state that Homosexual behaviour is common in nature and plays an important role in survival. Love has no gender and love is love.

Geetanjali Singh: Homosexuality is mostly a taboo subject in Indian civil society. However, I think it’s everybody’s personal choice whether to be straight or gay or whatever. Our Nation’s founding principles are equality and justice which have finally been achieved today. I think we should live and let others live the way they want to because we have much more to do to preserve our country then getting into someone’s personal life and sexual orientation.

Is this the beginning of a new dawn?

Pooja Banerjee: It’s a great step taken by our government. I know there’s a long way to go for the country to make fundamental changes. But this step has made us believe that we still keep faith in our constitution.

Ssharad Malhotra To each his or her own. One shouldn’t be judged by one’s sexual choices and preferences. Live and let live. India is a progressive nation. The law has surely taken a decision which will make the communities happy.

Shashank Vyas The news is surely the talk of the town. It’s a good move. As long as people are happy in their lives, it is up to them who they want to love.

Adaa Khan The move is going to make LGBT communities happy. The verdict is making headlines. But our society doesn’t change perceptions overnight. Acceptance will take a lot of time. India as a nation is evolving in terms of mindset. Live and let live is the mantra.