What to know about Singapore's constitutional changes to protect definition of marriage


The amendments will protect the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman from being challenged in the Courts. -ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Amendments to the Constitution were introduced in a Bill on Thursday (Oct 20) to protect the current definition of marriage - as that between a man and a woman - from legal challenge.

This follows the Government’s move to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code that criminalises gay sex between men.

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