Nepal Leads the World in Gender Reform

The South Asian nation of Nepal decriminalized sodomy in 2007.  This year (2011), census workers recorded not only the male and female genders but also a “third gender.”

“In what is believed to be a world first, Nepal’s Central Bureau of Statistics is giving official recognition to gay and transgender people—a move seen as a major victory for equality in a country that only decriminalized homosexual relationships three years ago.”  Gender rights groups in Nepal have used the courts to pressure the government into adopting policies that do not necessarily represent the views of the majority in the nation.  One government spokesman for the Statistics Bureau noted, “… the new categorization was an attempt to open up the traditionally conservative country up to different points of view” (www.cnn.com, May 31, 2011).

God warned through the Apostle Paul that, “in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves… unholy… without self-control… despisers of good” (2 Timothy 3:1-3).  We are witnessing a time when our global society is increasingly despising what is good and endorsing evil instead—just as God predicted!