Homework

Are homosexuals not humans? Do they not bleed the same blood as we do? Do they die when you shoot a bullet at them? Why shouldn't Section 337A in Singapore's Penal Code not be repealed?

Homosexuality. Homosexuality is defined as the sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex. It says nothing about homosexuals having disgusting habits or having incurable sickness such as AIDS or HIV.

People see gays and lesbians as Atrocities or Monstrosities. This is because most of them have never known a gay or a lesbian, have never tried to understand them. Man has always been afraid of what they didn't understand, and Singaporeans, due to the existence of the Penal code 337A, never did.

Homosexuals are different from Metro-sexuals. Although may gays are metro-sexuals, not all practice narcissism. Further more, not all gays exhibit "lady-like" behavior. People, again, generalize gays and lesbians because they probably have never known any. Most gays nowadays integrate well into society, and you can never tell them are part from an average Singaporean.

Sexual orientation begins from birth, and if code 337A were to be repealed, it would pose no threat to the up bringing of a child. Many Gay people have straight friends, I being one of them. But whatever the cause or combination of causes, sexual orientation is not something that people can decide for themselves or for others. Such, being gay is not wrong, because gays can't control it. Can you pin the blame on someone for something they couldn't control?

Yet again, the innocence of the society steps in again when they say gays are more likely to contract HIV and AIDS. This is untruth. One cannot control themselves from getting HIV. Even if you had unprotected sex with multiple sex partners, even if they are of the opposite sex, the threat of HIV and AIDS is still there. Then again, how many people know that that gay community has been promoting safe sex for many years, and that many gays nowadays use condoms while having sex?

Having Gays is like having another race in Singapore. The homosexual community is an essential element in the tapestry of peoples that make Singapore such a unique and cosmopolitan community. Many Gays in Singapore have to act like their homophobic just to continue to have friends. Axing them out of the country is just a denial of the fact that they exist. I think it is time that Singapore opened up. We cannot have Amsterdam or other countries have gay rights, because in the end, we will be the one losing out. Its the same if Singapore sends Indians and Malays back to India and Malaysia.

MM Lee also said,” Eventually I cannot put a finger on it. But I would say if this is the way the world is going and Singapore is part of that interconnected world and I think it is, then I see no option for Singapore but to be part of it.

They tell me and anyway it is probably half-true that homosexuals are creative writers, dancers, et cetera. If we want creative people, then we got to put up with their idiosyncrasies so long as they don't infect the heartland.

We are not promoters of it (homosexuality) and we are not going to allow Singapore to become the vanguard of Southeast Asia.

We would follow the world. A few respectable steps behind."

How are we as the country going to advance as a country if we cannot even allow a small group of people to stay in Singapore?

Then again we ask ourselves. Are gays not humans as well? Do they not bleed the same blood as we do? If you shoot them, will they not die? My opinion, I strongly believe that Singapore should Repeal Penal Code 337A.