Homosexuality Not Crime But ‘Socially Immoral Act’: RSS

not a crime, RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale made a series of tweets clarifying that it did not mean that it should be glorified.
“Homosexuality is not a crime, but socially immoral act in our society. No need to punish, but to be treated as a psychological case,” he said on Twitter.
He further said, “Approach to homosexuality should be ‘no criminalisation; no glorification either’. Gay marriage is institutionalisation of homosexuality. It should be prohibited.”
On Thursday, while participating in an event, when asked whether homosexuality was a crime as considered under Section 377 IPC, Hosabale had said, “I don’t think homosexuality should be considered a criminal offence as long as it does not affect the lives of others in society.”
He had also said, “Sexual preferences are private and personal. Why should RSS express its views in a public forum? RSS has no view on that. It is for people to have their way. Personal preference of sex is not discussed in RSS and we don’t even want to discuss that.”
Section 377 of IPC terms homosexuality as unnatural and a criminal offence with a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail. Going by the global trends in this regard, there have been demands within the country to decriminalise homosexuality.
Some BJP leaders have supported such demands for legalising gay marriages. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor last week failed to introduce in Lok Sabha a private member’s bill to decriminalise homosexuality after members opposed the move. See more.