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Post by Moderator on Oct 3, 2007 11:14:04 GMT
What do you think of same-sex marriages within Sikhism?
Do you think it's a possibility?
Or do you think it is heretical to even suggest it as a hypothetical scenario?
Whatever your thoughts on the subject, please feel free to post your comments here.
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Post by robiszoo on Oct 6, 2007 0:40:43 GMT
A heterosexual Keshdari man told me that Sikhi does not say anything against homosexuality but being against homosexuals in any sense is defenatelly against the teachings of Sikhi. He also said if there is homophobia or any other narrow minded thinking in the Sikh community that comes from Punjabi culture not from Sikhi and those are two different things.
Just an example. We can find casteism within the Sangat however Sikhi is strictly against it... So where does it come from then?
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Post by irrational on Jan 26, 2008 16:08:17 GMT
londonguy,
I do not have strong opinion for or against gay marriage. I do believe in 'Manas ki jaat sabhey eko pehchanbo" I do believe strongly in individual rights and, right to privacy, freedom of expession, and existence free of fear.
I read with interest, In my opinion lust is an controlled or morbid obsession with sex, and that applies to all humanbeings, i mean one could be obsessive regardless of the sexual orientation. A yearning for a soul mate is not lust, at least not in my book. i am no doctor or a biologist and happen to be a stupid unimaginative engineer. however, i know from reading about sexual orientation that it is controlled by certain part of the brain and can be hereditory.
Coming back to lust. Humans, for that matter all living being are programmed or survival and that is why eating and making love are followed by a sense of pleasure. All living beings, well most of lining beings are also biologically programmed to like their young, ever heard the expression "sardar or gadhe ke bachey bahult sunder hote hain" well any way what most young persons have to deal with is hormones and not lust, it is just a strong biological urge, some get it more some less and how and indvidual dels with this is directed or shaped by ones environment and social conditioning, I don't know but my feeling is that 99.9% od the idividuals at that stage are driven by hormones and no one need to classify that as lust.
Well I am running out of time, i will come back o this subject.
Surd
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Post by persuethetruth on May 10, 2008 21:24:31 GMT
I think looking into the terms used in this discussion might provide insight into this issue. All religious traditions have some form of ceremony where two people get together in the presence of others in order for them to start a life together, and most importantly, be allowed to have sex together.
The term marriage is an English word, and has very Judeo-Christian connotations. In Christianity, Islam and Judaism, marriage is a sociological and moral contract which allows a man and a women to be able to procreate, see each other naked etc. etc.
Yet in Sikhism anand karaj serves purposes beyond this - the unification of two souls. This is where the semitic concept of marriage and anand karaj sharply differ - unfortunately Sikhism in the west is slowly absorbing this Semitic legalistic baggage and losing its spiritual elements... imho
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