I just signed the online letter to repeal section 377A, with my real name, occupation and constituency.
377A : Any male person who, in public or private, commits, or abets the commission of, or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years.
This archaic law was left behind by the British who abolished it years ago. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and even China have also passed laws decriminalising such acts.
I cannot accept that my gay friends are legally criminals in Singapore. So I signed it. Just because homosexuality does not square with my religious beliefs does not mean I think gays ought to be legally criminal.
Mr Wang, who is more eloquent than I am, has a series of posts on this, and you can read it at his site.
You can read the open letter to PM Lee at the repeal377a.com site.
And you can sign the online letter at www.repeal377a.com. The deadline is October 19th 2007.
Comments are CLOSED for this post. Sign or don't sign, support or don't support, that is up to you. But I will not have a flame war over this on my blog. Thanks.
