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Current Events => Political Ammunition => Topic started by: CactusCarlos on August 07, 2012, 03:59:38 PM
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By HARBAKSH SINGH NANDA
NEW DELHI, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The top priest of the Sikh religion has issued a directive forbidding same-sex marriages among the Sikhs, a move that has stirred a hornet's nest in lands as far as in Canada, where the Liberal government is about to introduce a bill in the parliament next month.
Joginder Singh Vedanti, the chief of Akal Takht, the highest spiritual and temporal seat of the Sikhs, has said in the edict that same sex marriages have no place in Sikhism. The directive was issued on the eve of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's ongoing visit to India.
Canada is home to the largest Sikh population outside India. At least six lawmakers in Canadian parliament are Sikhs, and they may be caught between religion and politics when it comes to voting on the bill.
Vedanti's directive bars Sikh priests all over the world from solemnizing same-sex marriages in gurudwaras, or Sikh places of worship.
The religious edict, which is binding on the Sikhs, reads that the rising trend of same-sex marriages in Western countries was a matter of concern to the Sikh religion. The moves of certain countries to give legal recognition to such unions has already initiated a worldwide debate.
The top priest said the Sikh code of conduct did not allow same-sex marriages, saying, "Same-sex marriage originates from a sick mind."
"The trend needs to be curbed," he said.
The rest: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2005/01/19/Sikh-clergy-clamps-down-on-gay-marriages/UPI-72301106160279/
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Well, the gays and the other DUmmies need to go find a Sikh business and have a kiss in!