Of Homophobia

Shocking to hear this from one of our country’s brightest minds.

The Alternative Vision for Singapore (and I mean Alternative!)

My response to his intolerant, homophobic rant:

“The argument of finding men “kissing, fondling and making out” in public repulsive and therefore the need for Section 377A just doesn’t quite hold out.

Indeed, though I won’t call myself homophobic, it sure isn’t comfortable watching men perform PDA (public displays of affection). But I personally find watching people eat live bugs on Fear Factor much more repulsive and morally decadent than PDA. Still, I would strongly disagree to a law that bans people from eating live bugs in public or private.

Sexual orientation, just like food and music preferences, are but personal preferences that do not necessarily harm a society or cause societal upheavals.

If you have alternative preferences for your daily protein intake, demonstrating it in public doesn’t give me an urge to follow in your footsteps. But if I were to ban you from doing so, I am imposing my preferences on you and giving myself supreme power in determining what is “natural” and “morally correct”. (Which you have arrogantly done in this blog entry.)

I believe removing such an intruding law is one step towards making Singapore a more gracious and accommodating society. If this means an influx of gays into Singapore, it only serves to show that Singapore has achieved an “Asian first” of being an understanding society.”