Re: "We did not know" is not a good excuse

Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com> Thu, 07 April 2016 03:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: "We did not know" is not a good excuse
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On 4/6/16 7:12 PM, Harish Pillay wrote:
> There are ongoing debates on withdrawing Section 377A and it
> will happen eventually. It is a matter of time.

Well, it was upheld by your courts as recently as late 2014, and
it is by no means the only anti-gay law on the books in Singapore.

Melinda