The Sexuality FAQ put up by the Health Promotion Board has stirred up loads of controversy. One Pastor Khong has maintained that the tone of the FAQ is pro homosexual and called for the FAQ be taken down and reviewed. Of particular objection by him was the FAQ remark that same sex relationship was not different from a heterosexual relationship and required the commitment of 2 people. I went to the website to read the answers to various questions on homosexuality.
To be frank I found the answers to the questions on sexuality factual and don't see how it can be seen as pro-homosexual unless the mere fact of acknowledging the existence of homosexuality is interpreted as condoning. Does that mean homosexuality must always be under keeps and not to be mentioned publicly?
My own attitude towards homosexuality has changed over the years. I started off with disapproval as I believed that accepting it will encourage the slightly inclined towards developing into a full fledged orientation which is not good for a family based society as a whole. However having known 2 gay persons and the pain that they (and their parents) went through; as well as having heard over podcast tragic accounts of persecuted gays in Nigeria and Russia, I now have more empathy. I also feel that normal people should never ostracize people who are just different. One lucky enough to be born into a majority group should never bully the unlucky minorities.
"A heterosexual relationship is natural and normal, with the capacity to procreate" says the pastor. To this, animal activists may now say it is time that human being slows down its procreation to give other animals a chance to survive. Human beings who think they are the only entitled supreme specie have driven many animal species into fast extinction.
Maybe nature works in its own ways.
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