Source: IANS via Hindustan Times The Delhi High Court on Wednesday criticized government lawyers for using inadequate evidence to oppose decriminalization of gay sex in private among consenting adults. In a devastating rebuke to government lawyers, the court said it would rely in its ruling on a report submitted by an agency that recommends repeal of a statute that criminalizes gay sex. The court was hearing a petition filed by 13 organizations, including Naz Foundation, seeking the court's direction to decriminalize homosexual acts among consenting adults by amending Section 377 of the Indian...(read more) ...

London chaplain Peter Mullen has written a column in The Northern Echo clarifying remarks he made recently that gays should be tattooed with sodomy warnings. He calls it an apology. In a column entitled "Why I was Wrong", Mullen says: "To wit: I was not criticising individual homosexuals. I have never criticised them. I number many homosexual men and women among my dearest friends. I voted for the Homosexual Reform Act of 1967; and I would vote for it again today. This Act specified the decriminalisation of homosexual acts 'between consenting adults in private.' 'Between' means two. 'Adults' ...