The Straits Times did a feature on this petition yesterday: To repeal Penal Code 377a, which stipulates that if a man is found to have committed an act of "gross indecency" with another man (consensual or not), he will serve a jail sentence of two years.
To date, this petition has collected 3038 signatures which will be sent in an open letter to PM Lee Hsien Loong on October 19. The calls for signatures will also end on that date.
The newspaper reported that many people from all walks of life - straight or gay, high-flyers, professionals, teachers, managers, engineers, and so on, have signed the petition, and even included their job title and organisation! It's a great start. I've already signed it, but I didn't include other information besides my name and resident status. So, I'm going to SIGN IT AGAIN!!! And not exclude those details!
Have you signed this petition? Quickly do so before the due date! This might be our only chance!
By keeping this stone-aged penal code, it will only serve as a basis for discrimination. Whatever happened to honour and respect? And what about the nation's pledge on "justice and equality"?
If you take a look at the list of signatures and comments, you'll probably come to realise that fending for gay rights is not something only gay people do, but even heterosexuals believe that there should be equality and non-discriminate laws in this country that's developing so fast, yet lives in its past.
I really like what this media manager wrote: "If we're going to get our men to die for this country, we shouldn't give them a lecture on their sexual orientation."
Hahahahaha. Well said!
To date, this petition has collected 3038 signatures which will be sent in an open letter to PM Lee Hsien Loong on October 19. The calls for signatures will also end on that date.
The newspaper reported that many people from all walks of life - straight or gay, high-flyers, professionals, teachers, managers, engineers, and so on, have signed the petition, and even included their job title and organisation! It's a great start. I've already signed it, but I didn't include other information besides my name and resident status. So, I'm going to SIGN IT AGAIN!!! And not exclude those details!
Have you signed this petition? Quickly do so before the due date! This might be our only chance!
By keeping this stone-aged penal code, it will only serve as a basis for discrimination. Whatever happened to honour and respect? And what about the nation's pledge on "justice and equality"?
If you take a look at the list of signatures and comments, you'll probably come to realise that fending for gay rights is not something only gay people do, but even heterosexuals believe that there should be equality and non-discriminate laws in this country that's developing so fast, yet lives in its past.
I really like what this media manager wrote: "If we're going to get our men to die for this country, we shouldn't give them a lecture on their sexual orientation."
Hahahahaha. Well said!
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