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Indian Court finds law against same-sex sex breaches Constitution

As President Obama works slowly on reforms such removing the counter-productive and discriminatory ban on openly gay and lesbian people in the US military, some positive news has come from India, where a Court has ruled that a law criminalising consensual sex between two people of the same gender breaches India’s Constitution.

Ironically, the law in question is a 19th Century hangover (and a hang-up) from the British Colonial era.  But it has been found to breach the Constitution put in place by India after Independence was gained.

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