Wikipedia's "Homosexuality and Sikhism" article quotes the Akal Takht's edict directly: "In January 2005, the Jathedar (custodian) of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab, India, the highest seat of Sikh temporal-religious (miri-piri) authority for interpreting Sikh teachings, issued an edict denouncing same-sex marriages, and urging the worldwide Sikh community not to allow such marriages to take place at any Gurdwara." The article records a further statement two months later, in March 2005, by Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti of the Akal Takht to visiting Sikh-Canadian members of parliament.
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A tertiary, continuously editable reference rather than a primary source; no fixed publication year exists to record. The edict's own full text was not independently locatable, so this fact is dated to the month named by this source (January 2005) rather than to a specific day. NotesCited for Sikhism's sexuality-position: the Akal Takht's January 2005 edict against same-sex marriage.
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_Sikhism
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This source names Amritsar directly: "(custodian) of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab, India, the highest seat of Sikh temporal-religious (miri-piri) authority for interpreting Sikh teachings, issued an edict denouncing same-sex..."
This source names India directly: "Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab, India, the highest seat of Sikh temporal-religious (miri-piri) authority for interpreting Sikh teachings, issued an edict denouncing same-sex marriages, and..."
This source names The Akal Takht directly: "and Sikhism" article quotes the Akal Takht's edict directly: "In January 2005, the Jathedar (custodian) of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab, India, the highest seat of Sikh temporal-religious..."
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- Sources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.
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