Sunday Times

I wish to comment on the article entitled, "Gay couples are happier then most" (27.02.08).  

This may offend people who are in favour of or practice homosexuality and who are members of the same sex civil unions which was recently legalized in South Africa. 

In the last decade or two the coming together between men and women of the same gender has been widely and strongly promoted throughout the world. Much has been said of human rights and the freedom to be in a relationship with a partner of your choice – even if he/she is of the same gender. Over the years this kind of mindset has been created by handfuls of people targeting the masses, encouraging them to accept unions of the same gender. 

Similarly, the article suggests that such unions are far more "successful", enjoy "greater intimacy" and are prone to "less conflict" compared to heterosexual couples.  

While studies and surveys can be of some help (depending on the information we are looking for), the very issue of same-sex relationships or marriages is in principle unnatural. God created human beings in pairs: man and woman, for the purpose of procreation. To tamper with this is altering God’s divine plan and system. No religion (or at least the classical ones supported by ‘divine’ scriptures) permits the uniting of two people of the same gender. It is only with the emergence of new-age man-made cults or philosophies that this concept is accepted. 

Hasan