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

Harish Pillay <harish.pillay@gmail.com> Thu, 07 April 2016 05:18 UTC

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Subject: Re: "We did not know" is not a good excuse
From: Harish Pillay <harish.pillay@gmail.com>
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>> 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.

No different from the many other anti-gay laws on books in many
countries including the US. Important thing is, in the Singapore
context, that even though it is in the books, it is NOT enforced
in any aggressive nor wanton manner.

Harish