The Gays of India

The Gays of India 

In India gay people can´t get married and that is sad for those who think 
a ring on a finger is enough to utter love and loyalty. Liberal as I´m I ought 
to sign letters an express my outrage against the Indian government, 
but my heart is not in this battle of hysterical expression of democracy. 
There many inequalities, say, the plight of the Palestinians and now 
the dilemma of Negev Bedouins who soon will find themselves flattened 
by this juggernaut of harsh, unthinking quest for security and land; it
will not stop, pause or think of a peaceful alternative. How to stop this blitz, 
this amoral action before it destroys both perpetrators and victims 
in an orgy of bloodletting. Then there is Syria, this intractable problem 
this can cast us into a catastrophic null point when someone will use 
nuclear weapon they profess not to have, in the name of feverish existential 
survival.  So the gays of India can´t for now get married, what can I say?
 Carry on fighting for your right, but do not fall into the trap to think the rest
 of the world thinks your problem is of outmost importance.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Collins Avatar
December 19, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Amen. I am for human rights, but like you, for priorities. Happiness is possible without marriage. All issues have their tentacles but life is not possible without food and weaponry. Your writing makes me cry or laugh or sit back and smile. When it makes me realize my tininess in this world somehow I feel better. Go figure.
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December 30, 2013 at 1:26 PM
you put this very nisly kathy
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