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By Shibimol KG: The Syro-Malabar church, an influential Catholic church in Kerala, has expressed strong opposition against legal validation sought for same-sex marriages. Hailing the Union government’s stand in the Supreme Court, the Syro-Malabar church in a statement on Friday said giving legal validation for such relationships is “unnatural and an injustice to the family system”.
The church stated that same-sex marriage is a violation of the rights of children to be born and grow in a natural relationship between man and woman.
“Legalising same-sex marriage will lead to the demand for legalisation of disruptive sexual demands like attraction towards children, attraction towards animals, attraction between blood relations,” it said.
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It extended support to the Centre’s stand that marriage is a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex and a family comprises a biological man and biological woman and their children.
“Same-sex marriage is a negation of the natural order of relationships between a man and a woman. It is also an injustice to the family concept and civil society,” it said.
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In the statement, the church also made it clear that, though it has a sympathetic attitude towards sexual minorities, its strong stand is that marriage is the relationship between men and women.
A five-judge constitution bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud is hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage. The hearing in the matter will continue on May 9.
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