Is gay marriage allowed Sikhism? - SikhNet Qutns: Open Sikhism Qutn & Answer Fom

Contents:

• I'M GAY, SIKH AND GETTG MARRIED
• IS GAY MARRIAGE ALLOWED SIKHISM?
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• GAY MARRIAGE

I'M GAY, SIKH AND GETTG MARRIED

He is also gay - a fact that he has kept mostly private until now. From them I have received ath threats for beg gay, I have been acced on a TV statn of beg an fil and I have even had dividuals ll me up and threaten to expose me. He wanted to tell his story on his own terms, and also to send a msage to gay Sikhs facg difficulti.

"Jasvir says that the Sikh relign which he grew up wh his fay, was very foced on a central te of equaly, and says he has never felt his fah to be nflict wh his homosexualy. Though many Sikhs see thgs differently, Jasvir says he never saw any nflict the relign's teachgs and scripture between his fah and his sexual Gu Granth Sahib, the re Sikh relig text, do not refer to homosexualy at all, but do make mentn of hbands and wiv. This has allowed Sikhs on different sis of the bate to pot to scripture as backg up their own posn on homosexualy and on same-sex unns.

"Sadly I know gay Sikhs who have given up their fah, or who feel their only optn was to cut their hair, and to bee ls fahful, or jt foc on their ner fah rather than spend time at the gurdwara.

IS GAY MARRIAGE ALLOWED SIKHISM?

I'm not gog to waver om my fah but I'm also not gog to be ashamed of my sexualy, " Jasvir of Jasvir's reason for speakg out is also bee he says he had never had gay Sikh role mols, particularly upl and those who nsired themselv to be relig. "When that weddg vio was leaked and malicly spread around social media, was the way one of my elrly relativ found out I was gay, " he says.

The relig bodi of Sikhism do not teach that homosexualy is "unnatural and ungodly". The Sikh holy book, the Gu Granth Sahib, do not explicly mentn homosexualy. Giani Jogr Sgh Vedanti, the hight temporal thory to some Sikhs, recently nmned homosexualy while remdg visg Sikh-Canadian Members of Parliament (MPs) of their relig duty to oppose same-sex marriage.

[1] In a report published March 2005, Vedanti said, "The basic duty of Sikh MPs Canada should be to support laws that stop this kd of practice [homosexualy], bee there are thoands of Sikhs livg Canada, to ensure that Sikhs do not fall prey to this practice.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

The supreme Sikh relig body, the Akal Takht, has issued an edict nmng gay marriage, and Vedanti's words were echoed by Manj Sgh Kalkatta, another highly rpected Sikh preacher who ss on the erng body of the Goln Temple, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Commtee. Homosexualy Scripture.

It is seemgly silent on the subject of homosexualy; however, married life is enuraged time and time aga Gu Granth Sahib Ji. One of the vic is lt, and some Sikhs believe that homosexual thoughts and behavur are jt maniftatns of lt.

However, Sikhs that are more acceptg of homosexualy claim that this is equally applible to heterosexuals. The same Sikhs believe that Gu Nanak's emphasis on universal equaly and brotherhood is fundamentally support of the human rights of homosexuals. Views on homosexualy tend not to be a primary ncern Sikh teachgs, as the universal goal of a Sikh is to have no hate or animosy to any person, regardls of race, ste, lor, creed, genr, or sex.

GAY MARRIAGE

Many Sikhs have terpreted this to mean that homosexualy, which nnot rult procreatn, is unnatural and agast God's will.

Many Sikhs who have homosexual sir will try to overe what they believe to be lt by marryg a member of the oppose sex and havg children.

This has led to a belief among many Sikhs that there are no homosexual Sikhs. Like liberals om other fahs and backgrounds, Sikhs who support homosexualy believe that 's not unnatural, but is normal for a mory of adults. The Sikhs strs that homosexualy is not discsed nor specifilly banned any of the wrgs of the Gu, and that the fay liftyle the Gu enurag n be cultivated by two members of the same sex.