Religious leaders reject Privy Council’s same-sex ruling

THREE religious leaders say they do not support yesterday’s Privy Council ruling which decriminalises same-sex relations between consenting adults in Trinidad and Tobago.

Inter-Religious Organisation president Dr Ellis Burris commented on the ruling yesterday saying there are spiritual and divine laws “and none of the divine religions have given support to this secular law”.

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“The IRO members and those who are following the IRO like the Bahais, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Muslim and Christians are all aligned to the divine principle. We are all looking for alignment. If our law aligns to whatever is aligned to the divine, then we will support it,” he told the Express in a telephone interview.