SRINAGAR, Dec 11:
Reacting to the Supreme Court verdict upholding Section 377 of IPC, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said a lifestyle choice cannot be illegal.
“People can take whatever stand their religious/moral beliefs dictate regarding #LGBT lifestyle choices but is terming it illegal not wrong?” Omar wrote on Twitter.Com
The Chief Minister said it was not a question of morality or religion, but that a lifestyle choice cannot be illegal.
“Questions of morality or religion are not the issue. How can a lifestyle choice be illegal?, ” he said.
The apex court today upheld the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex an offence punishable with upto life imprisonment. (PTI)
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