Icandelo 377A lekhowudi yesohlwayo yexesha lobukoloniyali loyikisa amadoda ngeminyaka emibini entolongweni ukuba abanjelwe “kuso nasiphi na isenzo samanyala,” ngokusisiseko sibhekisa kuso nasiphi na isenzo sobufanasini.
Kodwa ngeCawa, iNkulumbuso yaseSingapore u-Lee Hsien Loong ubhengeze ukuba isixeko-selizwe siwurhoxisile umthetho wakudala ophikisanayo owalela isini sesini.
“Ndikholelwa ukuba le yeyona nto ilungileyo ekufuneka yenziwe kwaye uninzi lwabantu baseSingapore luya kuyamkela,” utshilo, esongeza ukuba unethemba lokuba eli nyathelo linika “isiqabu kubantu baseSingapore abangamafanasini.”
Ngelixa inganyanzeliswanga amashumi eminyaka kwaye isebenza kuphela kumadoda, ukuvalwa - okufana nemithetho efunyenwe kwezinye iindawo zangaphambili. BaseBrithani Amakholoni akumazantsi e-Asiya-ahlala engumthombo woxinzelelo kubo bobabini abantu baseSingapore abathandana nabo kunye neentlobo zamashishini ezihamba phambili ezizama ukukholisa iinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe ukuba zivule iiofisi apho.
U-Lee akazange abhengeze umhla wokurhoxiswa.
Ngelixa esenza isibhengezo, iNkulumbuso iphinda igxininise, ukuba kungakhathaliseki ukutshitshiswa komthetho ophikisanayo, iSingapore ayiyi kukhulula imilinganiselo yayo eqinile yokulondoloza.
Singapho “iya kukhusela inkcazo yomtshato ekubeni iphikiswe ngokomgaqo-siseko ezinkundleni,” wathembisa.
"Sikholelwa ukuba umtshato kufuneka ube phakathi kwendoda nomfazi, ukuba abantwana kufuneka bakhuliswe kwiintsapho ezinjalo, ukuba intsapho yendabuko kufuneka yenze isiseko sokwakha uluntu," wongezelela u-Lee Hsien Loong.
Ngaphandle kokuzithemba kuka-Lee ukuba "uninzi lwabantu baseSingapore" bayazamkela iindaba, i-44% yabantu baseSingapore abavotelwa ngoJuni basasixhasa isithintelo, nangona elo nani lehlile ukusuka kwi-55% ngo-2018.
Intshukumo kancinane yaseSingapore ikude nempindezelo esemthethweni yesini esifana nesabanye abantu isebenze ngokuchasene namatsha ntliziyo ajonge ukuba kuwiswe umthetho ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, xa inkundla iphakamileyo yedolophu yabhengeza ukuba njengoko bekunganyanzeliswa, akukho malungelo omgaqo-siseko agxothwayo ukuba uhlala ehleli. kwiincwadi.
Kwakhona kuye kwakho inkcaso enkulu ekwenzeni ubufanasini buqheleke phakathi kwamanye amaqela onqulo abiza iSingapore likhaya, kuquka amaSilamsi, amaKatolika namaProtestanti. Noko ke, iinkokeli zonqulo ziye zahlala zingoondilele kweli nyathelo lakutshanje.
U-Lee ubongoze "onke amaqela" ukuba "azibambe," esithi "leya kuphela kwendlela esinokuqhubela phambili ngayo njengesizwe kunye."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- While it has not been enforced for decades and only applies to men, the ban – similar to laws found in other former British colonies in south Asia – remained a source of stress for both gay Singaporeans and upwardly-mobile business types trying to convince multinational corporations to open offices there.
- “I believe this is the right thing to do and something that most Singaporeans would accept,” he said, adding that he hopes the move provides “some relief to gay Singaporeans.
- Singapore's gradual movement away from official reprisals for gay sex actually worked against activists looking to have the law struck down earlier this year, when the city-state's highest court declared that since there was no enforcement, no one's constitutional rights were being violated if it stayed on the books.
