Copying good things from others is not a bad idea at all. It's called refinement.
We humans have become civilized by continual refinement only.
Don't you agree that?
So if the Indian policymaker realized that gays are humans too and gave them their due rights, is it really a matter to crib, no matter whether we copied the policy from US or from "YOU".
I think by
"angry mobs" you mean fanatics. Well would you really like to take a bunch of fanatics into consideration while making a policy??
I hope not!!!
So just salute for the brave step that India took yesterday.
PS: please read gays as homosexuals.