The city-state’s premier, Lee Hsien Loong, however, made it clear that he would continue to “defend” marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Sunday that his government would soon repeal a colonial-era law criminalizing sex between men. “The government will repeal (the law) and decriminalize sex between men. I believe this is the right thing to do and something most Singaporeans will now accept“, he added during a speech.
The Prime Minister estimated that the situation has changed compared to 2007, when the authorities decided to keep this law. homosexuals”are now much more accepted“, in Singapore, he underlined. The repeal of the lawwill bring the legislation in line with the evolution of mentalities“, judged Lee Hsien Loong.
The law, a holdover from British colonial rule, provides for a maximum sentence of two years in prison for homosexual acts. It is not enforced in practice, but gay rights advocates say it still denies members of the gay community their rights, despite the city-state’s increasingly modern culture.
The Prime Minister made it clear that he would, however, continue to “defend» marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
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