Mar Thoma Church Trustee’s Call for Mandatory HIV Test Before Marriage Sparks Debate
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Mar Thoma Church trustee’s call for mandatory HIV test before marriage sparks debate
During a family meet recently, Fr. K. Thomas said he favoured a system under which marriages in Mar Thoma Church would be solemnised only after prospective bride and groom had undergone HIV tests
The remark by the Marthomas Sabha priest trustee that HIV testing should be made mandatory for young men in the church before marriage has sparked controversy. Rev. Dr. K. Thomas said at the Marthomas Sabha family meeting in Thiruvananthapuram that parents should ensure that girls are not abused before marriage. The remark was that the bodies that are blessed at weddings are not that good these days. This statement was criticized on social media…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Marthoma Church priest trustee Rev. Dr. K. Thomas has said that HIV testing should be mandatory before members of the church legally get married and that it should be ensured that the young woman getting married has not been abused. He said this at the Marthoma Church family meeting held in Thiruvananthapuram on August 30. The parents present here should not feel anything after hearing this. Rev. Dr. K. Thomas said that t…
Marthoma Church priest trustee's statement in controversy; Marthoma Church marriages should be conducted only after HIV testing of young people, priest trustee says she said it with good intentions after controversy broke out
Thiruvananthapuram: A Mar Thoma Church priest trustee's remark that members of the church should be married only after undergoing an HIV test has sparked controversy.
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