Re. Amendments of Immoral Traffic Prevention Act

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum,

The fundamental rights of human beings to fulfilment of sexual need based on

consensual behavior and the constitutional rights to livlihood are two basic

issues that should inform any discussion on the questions raised by

SANGRAM/VAMP.

All our laws on morality are legacies of a pre-scientific era. They merely cater

to one common way of life and undermine the rights of all minorities including

MSMs and trans-sexuals. To attain clarity on these vexing issues coming up again

and again, the right to consensual behaviour needs to be upheld by new laws as

such.

The objections of a third party should again be judged on the basis of denial of

rights to the third party or a violation of a previous legal agreement entered

into with the third party.

The absolute vaccum of the concept of consensual behavior in our

socio-political-legal arena leads to such classical mistakes as equating

trafficking with prostitution and polarizing life-long commitment with

circumstantial behavior.

E.Rajarethinam

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