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u/freenarative ยท 4 pointsr/Sikh

Right, quit worrying.

First up, any decent Sikh won't care if you're gay. Why? Well, the guru didn't say anything about sexual preference.

"But what about marriage?"

Well, again, we don't care. Seriously. (The enlightens ones of us don't)

The whole marriage thing comes about for a simple reason: have kids and teach them Sikhi. BUT, same sex marriage is legal im a lot of places AND you can have kids if you're gay. Adopt, surrogate, buy from an African family like Angelina Jolie did... You CAN have kids.

Now, the books... Google "gurbani" and [The guru] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00I77BDX6/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1474823494&sr=1-7&pi=SL75&keywords=guru+granth+sahib) can be found in English (it's what I read) BUT it's a translation. You might not get the full understanding of it unless you learn gurmukhi. To prove this, if I said "I lead the lead lead to the bow to bow to the bow."... See how words can be interpreted poorly?

IF you can find a gurmukhi teacher you can learn the language easily. Trust me.

Lastly... Naming.


Deedpoll allows you to change your name to ANYTHING. IF you want to have a Sikh first name, you can. You want a Sikh middle name? Go for it!

The name change in Sikhi is because the guru says we should take the name singh/kaur(?Spelling?) When we take amrit. Only then is it mandatory and it's mandatory as a "family" name. I say "family" name because in China, the family name comes first. So western names are Bob Smith... In China it would be Smith Bob and so after a change it's Bob Singh and in China, Singh Bob. It's even weirder in Mexico. That's: given name > fathers name > grandfather's name > family name e.g. Estaban Jose Jesus Cortez becomes estaban Jose Jesus sing.

I went through one name change in my twenties, it's easily done. I'm going to do the same after amrit.

I like this because we Sikh are all one big family and a share a family name.

P.s. I'm a 36YO white convert, ex-Jehovah's witness. Beat that! ;)

HTH. IF you need anything else, feel free to ask. Also, please forgive any errors. I'm on my phone and auto correct is a swine#