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Section 377A

Posted on Monday, Oct 22 at 11:08 pm

What’s 377A?
The Penal Code of Singapore, in Section 377A, provides for a jail sentence for up to two years should a man be found to have committed an act of “gross indecency” with another man.

Here, are we talking about equality? or values? Ruth Nanda Arshen once cried out, “Even as the cell is the unit of the organic body, so the family is the unit of society.” Family is the most fundamental block of society that provides love, emotional and financial support.

Recently, there’s a lot of argument on whether should be keep Section 377A or to abolish it. To get a better understanding of both sides of the argument, you can go to www.technorati.com, and type in “Section 377A” in the search box. The bloggers showed their point of view on this issue.

Some aruged that we should lift the ban as everyone has his own rights. Any state should give its citizens justice and the same human rights.

While some may argued that if we remove 377A, it threatens the foundation of the family. Traditionally, the idea of family is to have a mother, a father and a child. Government stand firm on Section 377A as Homosexuality Issue is against one’s culture, religion.

For , they made this video on the issue of Section 377A.

Like what our General Paper teachers told us, we must not be biased and should give both sides of view. So, besides showing you the website on repealing 377A, there’s also a website, Keep 377A @ http://www.Keep377A.com

So, what’s your stand? For those who are lost, perhaps, you can try reading this website. A balanced report to show why people support/oppose 377A. View here and here.

Disclaimer: Above is just my sharing of information i saw. =)