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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.

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Date: 12/19/2013 10:36:00 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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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 12/30/2013 1:26:00 PM
you put this very nisly kathy

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