DeclinetoState
10-21-2005, 03:16 PM
This has to do with "Untouchables" who lose their rights when they become Christians.
NEW DELHI (October 18) - In a conditional victory for Dalit Christians, India's Supreme Court told the government yesterday that it does have jurisdiction to rule on the case of legal rights for the "Untouchable" believers, and that it will issue its final ruling on October 25. Gospel for Asia President K.P. Yohannan said the hearing date is a blessing for Christians, "because it means the Lord is giving us a few more days to pray for the Supreme Court to give millions of Dalit Christians their full rights as citizens of India."
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Although the caste system was legally ended in 1950, it still regulates much of Indian society, and the Dalits are at the lowest rung in this oppressive class structure. And while Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits are given affirmative action placements in universities and government jobs, they lose these and other rights when they become Christians.
http://www.gfa.org/gfa/dalitprayer1?motiv=WA5A-G6LQ
NEW DELHI (October 18) - In a conditional victory for Dalit Christians, India's Supreme Court told the government yesterday that it does have jurisdiction to rule on the case of legal rights for the "Untouchable" believers, and that it will issue its final ruling on October 25. Gospel for Asia President K.P. Yohannan said the hearing date is a blessing for Christians, "because it means the Lord is giving us a few more days to pray for the Supreme Court to give millions of Dalit Christians their full rights as citizens of India."
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Although the caste system was legally ended in 1950, it still regulates much of Indian society, and the Dalits are at the lowest rung in this oppressive class structure. And while Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits are given affirmative action placements in universities and government jobs, they lose these and other rights when they become Christians.
http://www.gfa.org/gfa/dalitprayer1?motiv=WA5A-G6LQ