World Sikh Body Admonishes Canadian MPs to Block Gay Marraige

March 29, 2005

Source: CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/28/sikhguy-050328.html

On March 29, 2005 CBC News reported, "The world's highest Sikh authority has admonished Sikh-Canadian MPs to block the gay marriage bill in Parliament, warning it is against Sikh code and 'the laws of nature.' Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, the highest Sikh authority, said he personally reminded six visiting Sikh-Canadian MPs of their religious duties when they visited him in January. They were among a group of MPs travelling with Prime Minister Paul Martin.

'The basic duty of Sikh MPs in Canada should be to support laws that stop this kind of practice [homosexuality], because there are thousands of Sikhs living in Canada, to ensure that Sikhs do not fall prey to this practice,' he said in a report published Monday."