Is Singapore prepared to go all the way?

Singapore is once labelled "Disneyland with the Death Penalty" "Singapore is far from a sterile 'Disneyland'. It is a fantastic fusion of the best of Asia (food, street activity, friendliness) and the West (working infrastructure, coherent traffic patterns, obedience to simple rules of civility)."


Singaporeans love to follow rules and regulations, it is the way we are being brought up... "Behave or the police will catch you".

Two Women Get Married in Taiwan's First Same-sex Buddhist Wedding; first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage 12 August 2012.

Two Women Hold Their Wedding At Tokyo Disneyland; they got married 1 March 2013.

Two lesbians have become the first gay couple to tie the knot at Tokyo Disney Resort, both decked out in fairytale white dresses despite an initial ruling that one had to wear men’s clothes.

“My love Hiroko and I wore wedding dresses and had a mini-parade in DisneySea, a place I also love,” Koyuki Higashi, 28, said on Twitter.

“I was really happy!” she said.

The event, which was held last Friday, was the first homosexual wedding in the popular amusement park even though gay marriage has no legal standing in Japan.

“We may not have a law that applies to us, but when someone congratulates us for the wedding, I will proudly say ‘thank you!’” said Higashi.

The couple first hit the headlines after the theme park initially told them there would be no problem with the ceremony provided they dressed “like a man and a woman.”

A staff member said a same-sex wedding would create “repercussions” among visitors if both brides wore wedding dresses or both grooms donned tuxedos.

But just few days later, the resort operator got back in touch to say their initial response had been wrong and gay couples were free to mix and match their attire.

Higashi posted photos from the celebration on her Twitter site, showing both brides clad in white and accompanied by Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Same sex marriage, legalise it and honour their existence. If the government is not prepared to go all the way than remain status quo isn't a bad move.

Registration of Marriage, HDB and MCYS or even MOE need to change hell lot in their policies before Singaporeans are being forced to brave the on coming force.

Do you know that if a child is born to an unmarried parent, it is very difficult for the child to enter primary school unless they seek special assistance?

Our Wise PM Lee: Best to let gay rights issue be status quo

When it comes to Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises sex between men, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says his view on it is unchanged.

He was speaking at the ‘Singapore Perspectives’ conference organised by the Institute of Policy Studies and was responding to a participant who asked how a secular country such as Singapore deals with “an old and archaic law that nearly discriminates against a whole (group) of people”, TODAY newspaper reported.

The Prime Minister said that the situation might not necessarily change even when homosexuality is legalised, citing the recent demonstrations in Paris by those who support gay marriage and those who do not.

“Why is that law on the books? Because it’s always been there and I think we just leave it,” he said.

He said that he had explained his decision in 2007 to retain Section 377A, saying that Singapore was "basically a conservative society" with many being "uncomfortable with homosexuals, more so with public display of homosexual behaviour".

The issue of gay rights has been a hot topic in the news recently with the Singapore High Court due to hear two cases contesting the law against gay sex. Supporters and detractors have been speaking out in an attempt to lobby the verdict.

SOCIAL INTEGRATION IS IMPORTANT

Actress Janice Koh, who is also a Nominated Member of Parliament, asked the Prime Minister whether there is space for public discussions on potentially polarising issues, adding that such discussions could help build a stronger society.

“These are not issues that we can settle one way or the other, and it’s really best for us just to leave them be, and just agree to disagree. I think that’s the way Singapore will be for a long time,” PM Lee replied on the issue of gay rights, adding that the “conservative roots” in Singapore do not want to see society changed.

He added that “we discuss many things openly now, which in the past we would have hesitated to do”, such as with race and religion, “but to think that you can take your hands off and just leave it”, he thinks “it’s very unwise”.

PM Lee’s response to S377A has caused disappointment among those who would like to see it removed.


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