Sunday, June 26, 2011

Same-sex marriage

Singapore has never allowed homosexuality in the country. It seems that the Singapore government takes homosexuality very seriously. According to an article, Singapore criminalizes "gross indecency" between men, which includes consensual, private adult homosexual acts. The penalty is up to two years in imprisonment.
Singapore is not likely to legalize homosexuality any time soon. Mr Jonathan Cheng said in a letter to the forum that homosexuality is "harmful" to the society. Mr Cheng says that homosexual acts contribute to actual social harms, namely the low birth rate, or an increased risk of venereal diseases. This shows that Singapore will not legalize homosexuality because the Singapore government does not feel that homosexuality will do any good to the development of Singapore as a city. What Mr Cheng said shows that legalizing homosexuality would lead to other problems such as the falling birth rates. By legalizing homosexuality, there may be some straight people who get influenced and resulting in a bigger population of homosexual beings.
Singapore is not likely to legalize homosexuality. In Mr Jonathan Cheng’s letter to the forum, he goes on to say that the majority has the right to impose its vision of mortality over the rest of the society. As the population of people who are straight is definitely much bigger than the population of people who are homosexual, it should be right that the people who are straight to influence the homosexuals and impose that it is not alright to be homosexual. From Mr Cheng’s words, homosexual practices are disgusting and immoral. As such the Singapore government does not support homosexuality and thus will not legalize homosexuality.

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