Student activist, Daryl Yang pointed out in an article on Medium how similar Mr Singh’s views were to those of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, citing a speech PM Lee made in 2007
, and received a considerable amount of criticism online over it. Many were disappointed that the opposition party would not fight against Section 377A.
However, Mr Yang points out that when Mr Singh begins to talk about the LGBTQ community, what he says does not differ much from what PM Lee had said in 2007. PM Lee: [Homosexuals] include people who are responsible and valuable, highly respected contributing members of society. And I would add that among them are some of our friends, our relatives, our colleagues, our brothers and sisters, or some of our children.Mr Singh had emphasised the need to “rise above the culture war,” saying, “I think we should agree that we cannot let these culture wars [from America] represent the Singapore way.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister had no such views, “People on both sides hold strong views. People who are presently willing to live and let live will get polarised and no views will change, because many of the people who oppose it do so on very deeply held religious convictions. Discussion and debate is not going to bring them closer together. And instead of forging a consensus, we will divide and polarise our society.
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