Kerala priest faces backlash for suggesting mandatory HIV tests for church weddings
A proposal by K Thomas, a clergy trustee of the Mar Thoma Church in Kerala, to require couples to undergo HIV testing before getting married in the church has triggered a controversy online. He also allegedly advised parents to verify that their daughters' bodies had not been 'misused' prior to their weddings. These comments have been widely criticized as insulting toward the church's younger generation.
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