The change as the untry also plans to repeal a law that crimaliz gay sex.
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- SGAPORE’S SECTN 377A: LAWMAKERS VOTE TO LIFT GAY SEX BAN, RETA MARRIAGE STAT QUO
- HOMOSEXUALY TO BE LEGAL IN SGAPORE, BUT GAY MARRIAGE WILL HAVE TO WA
SGAPORE’S SECTN 377A: LAWMAKERS VOTE TO LIFT GAY SEX BAN, RETA MARRIAGE STAT QUO
Sgapore’s parliament on Tuday voted to simultaneoly crimalise gay sex and amend the nstutn to mata the stat-quo fn of marriage, endg months of public bate * 377a gay marriage *
AP Sgapore’s parliament on Tuday voted to simultaneoly crimalise gay sex and amend the nstutn to mata the stat-quo fn of marriage, endg months of public bate over the long-telegraphed legislative mov. Sgapore’s Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the untry will repeal the lonial-era Sectn 377A of Sgapore’s Penal Co, thereby crimalizg gay sex Sgapore, but add that same-sex marriage will ntue to be illegal the cy-state.
HOMOSEXUALY TO BE LEGAL IN SGAPORE, BUT GAY MARRIAGE WILL HAVE TO WA
Sgapore’s Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the untry will repeal the lonial-era Sectn 377A of Sgapore’s Penal Co, thereby crimalizg gay sex Sgapore, but add that same-sex marriage will ntue to be illegal the cy-state. * 377a gay marriage *
This will brg the law to le wh current social mor, and I hope, provi some relief to gay Sgaporeans, ” said the Prime Mister. “Like every human society, we also have gay people our midst.
Sgapore, known for s nservative valu, has recent years seen many people llg for lonial-era Sectn 377A, which banned gay sex, to be repealed. * 377a gay marriage *
It punish gay sex – even if is nsensual, between adults, and tak place privately – for up to two years of imprisonment. In Febary 2022, Sgapore’s Court of Appeal led that the sectn would rema the law, but nnot be enforced to prosecute men for havg gay sex.
* 377a gay marriage *
Lee said: “We need to fd the right way to rencile and acmodate both the tradnal mor of our society, and the aspiratn of gay Sgaporeans to be rpected and accepted.