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Section 377

Practices considered illegal under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code — which criminalises homosexuality — are, by and large, expressions of changing trends of human behaviour. As the group expressing these trends is in a minority, it is regarded abnormal. Sexual preferences are determined by hormones and they cannot be regulated by law. That a debate on the issue has been set in motion is heartening.

Amaninder Pal Sharma,

Ludhiana

Sravana Ramachandran,

Udhagamandalam

The repeal of Section 377 will only lead to an increase in homosexuality. Children who work for daily bread — not a negligible number despite the ban on child labour — can be subjected to harassment because of the abuse of the freedom gained, in the absence of a law restricting it. It is better to think twice before setting the genie free.

K.C. Joseph,

Thiruvananthapuram

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