My musings

Except taken from Todayonline.com
7 Oct 2005

PM confident of strong poll showing, though it won't be 2001 again

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While he reiterated the Government's disapproval of the liberal "Western model" for Singapore's purposes, Mr Lee listed the sort of changes he expects to see.

"I think in 20 years, our society will change. I think the politics of it will change. The issues probably will change, although the fundamentals of living in this small red dot will remain the same," he said.

Will one of those changes include a gay Cabinet minister, or is the Government homophobic? "I don't think we are homophobic," he replied, asserting his agreement with the views of then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong that gays are "people like you and me", in Mr Lee's words.

"But there are some segments of Singaporeans who may even disagree with that, and we have to be aware of that," he said.
These are factors the Government must take into account, he said, when gay groups want to "flaunt (their) gayness" through parades and parties like the Nation.05.

"I'm not sure I want to do that in Singapore because I think it will be offensive to a large number of Singaporeans and will be very divisive," he added.

In a brief 10-minute speech before the Q&A, he highlighted the need to encourage diversity but not division, especially when it comes to nurturing the next generation, one of four main tasks he identified as needed in the next 20 years.

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Not homophobic? Let us now see:

1. Section 377 crimilising gay sex is still around


2. The internet penal code states "whether the material advocates homosexuality or lesbianism, or depicts or promotes incest, paedophilia, bestiality and necrophilia" is prohibited on 'moral' grounds


3. Anything (print, movies, TV shows) that shows homosexuality as normal or in a good light is considered advocating homosexuality and is NOT allowed (the reverse is allowed)


4. Gay support groups like "People Like Us" are not allowed to form officially


5. 2 gay parties (Snowball 2004 and Nation 2005) were banned because they 'promoted' homosexuality and risky behaviour i.e. increase the number of gays who will contract HIV


6. Los Angeles-based Christian gay pop musicians Jason and deMarco were the planned feature performers for the April 3 Action for AIDS event organised by Christian group Safehaven was banned because they 'promoted homosexuality'

Nice to know that I'm a law breaker (section 377) and immoral (internet penal code, censorship).

Then read this article.

The government is not homophobic, the Prime Minister says

Let's say together "4 legs good, 2 legs better".