DIMAPUR, MAY 11 (MExN): Leader of the NPF Legislature Party, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu today said that the NPF is of the view that the Supreme Court should not allow legalized same-sex marriages.
“It is a case of a very sensitive nature and one that can have far-reaching implications on the nature of society existing for years and on the very foundations of traditions upheld for millennia. The Government of India has rightly opposed same-sex marriages,” a press release from the NPF Legislature Party Leader stated.
He stated that “Naga customary law nor any of the known faiths including Christianity, allow for marriages among same sexes, whether men or women.” “These religious institutions that are repositories of centuries of wisdom had a variety of reasons for not allowing such institutionalized relationships,” Azo said.
“Notwithstanding what is in the scriptures, the Naga people have traditionally followed age-old wisdom and have believed in the holy union of man and woman which is marriage. Therefore, what is being proposed is unwise and not only against centuries of wisdom but also against popular thought and belief in Nagaland and elsewhere in India and rest of the world,” he claimed.
He further stated that India will have to amend a host of laws relating to inheritance and even custody of children in case of separation of partners “due to the debatable nature of who is the man and who is wife.” “This will lead to further complications and legal tangles that may not be easy to resolve. It may be impossible to reconcile such a change with respect to Naga customary law,” Azo said.
