Singapore seeks to balance gay-sex law, rooted marriage view, says the Straits Times


SINGAPORE, July 31 (Bloomberg): Singapore is considering how to safeguard its legal position on marriage between a man and a woman, as the government reviews a colonial-era section of the country’s penal code that criminalises gay sex, according to the Straits Times, citing a top official.

Many Singaporeans agree that gay sex should not be criminalized and homosexuals should not be imprisoned, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said on Saturday, according to the Straits Times.

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