Homosexuality a 'disorder', will rise if same-sex marriage legalised: RSS Body Survey
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New Delhi: Amid the ongoing debate over legalising same-sex relationships in the country, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's women's wing on Saturday quoting doctors and medical professionals said that homosexuality is a “disorder” and that it will increase further in society if same-sex marriage is legalised.
The statements from the women's wing of the Hindu right-wing organisation were based on a survey of 318 medical professionals from eight different paths of treatment, ranging from modern science to Ayurveda, that was performed across the nation.
The survey has been conducted by the Samwardhini Nyas against the backdrop of a five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage"
A senior functionary of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti, Samwardhini Nyas, said: “Nearly 70 per cent of the doctors and allied medical professionals stated that homosexuality is a disorder while 83 per cent of them confirmed transmission of sexual disease in homosexual relations.”
"From the survey, it is observed that the decision to legalise such marriages may promote more disorder in the society rather than curing patients and bringing them to normalcy," the RSS body said.
"Counselling is the better option to cure patients of such a psychological disorder," it has said.
The report said the Samwardhini Nyas's survey recommended that public opinion should be taken before taking any decision on the demand for legalising same-sex marriage.
"Over 67 per cent of the doctors in their response to the survey questionnaire felt that homosexual parents cannot raise their offspring properly," the report quoted Rashtra Sevika Samiti affiliate as having stated.
Over 57 per cent of the doctors who responded to the survey disfavoured the Supreme Court's intervention in the matter," a senior functionary of the Samwardhini Nyas added.
