Originally posted by faroukalhadad:
The dust over the homosexual drama may have seemed
settled.
But believe me when I say that the homosexual lobby is indeed very
powerful and they will plan another comeback.
But what is dissapointing is the fact that the people [b]most in
position to stop and educate the homosexuals, are not
doing anything about it.
I'm talking about our religious leaders. Our pastors, imams,
priests.
Why are our mosques, churches, temples not holding any programs
when homosexuals is growing to be a big menace? They are in the
best position!
Singapore has put importance on religion. It's time this sytem
kicks in to salvage our youth and our future in Singapore.
I have joined the Open Entreaty to Singapore's Religious
Leaders. It's time our mosques, churches temples start an
education program to prevent more from suffering the homosexual
mentality.
Sign the entreaty and make your voices heard.
http://muhammad-ridzwan.blogspot.com/2007/10/plague-of-pinks.html[/b]
Well, firstly, you have not justified the
reasons for religious leaders to step in to reign
on the "Pink Plague" as you so offensively put it. Do not merely
scrape off by saying "oh ... it violates morality grounds, it
disrupts family unit structure etc etc". Tell me more tangible
reasons such that their actions have affected you in public. For
e.g. , Perhaps did a Gay hit on you such that it scarred u? Or
perhaps did u see a couple of gays behaving overtly
intimate in public which you feel offended? For the record, if they
merely hold hands together or give each other a momentarily kiss,
that is acceptable for me;for its how even heterosexual couples
behave. ( in any case, the Gays in SG are really a mature bunch,
and they have more sense to keep their more intimate and raunchy
gestures in the bedroom and not in public.)
In addition, i do not understand why you are on a witchhunt for
Gays? Common, there are also other serious social
problems in SG that needs attention; like for e.g.
the Unusually High teenage pregnancy rates in the Muslim
community.. the unusually High % of really young muslim parents
(~16-18 y.o.s); the issue of pre-martial sex in the Muslim
community; the issue of sexual grooming where our school girls are
preys in the online virtual world; or the issue of cases where
Muslim dads rape their own daughters. Or for instance, the constant
abuse of maids in SG by employers; the problem of illegal workers
enroaching into the HDB heartland estates in Yio Chu Kang etc; the
constant plague of old aunties and uncles in rag tags scavenging
the trash bins for cans to sell; or the great intellectual Gifted
divide where all the talents in every cohort are only sent to RGS
or RI? or the Fear of our civil service going on an auto-pilot
drive (as expressed by our Senior Retired Civil servant Ngiam Tong
Dow in his latest memoir), where civil servants depend merely on
old and tested protocols and methods; which may lead to the Demise
of SG (sharing a fate with the sparta)?
The way i see it, the Gay community has behaved appropriately and
quite civilized in their verbal engagement with the Anti gay camps.
In fact, their arguments are so much more intellectual,
witty and backed with facts.(for e.g. Yawning
Bread's blogs) Well , but i got to admit the Intrusive email sent
by Mr. Al-fian to Professor Thio kind of derailed this impression.
But nonetheless, even so, you got to appreciate his honesty in
owning up to this issue and Mr Al-fian's subsequent intellectual
responses to Dr. Thio.
You seem to forget about the middle ground of Singaporeans that
exist i.e. straight folks ( like me) who simply are not affected by
their presence; or in their best notion, " this is none of my
business".
The religious leaders certainly have a lot more serious issues to
deal with. For
your argument to be balanced, well .. you got to rephrase it as "To
All religious leaders, Please address all the social Ills in
Singapore". BUt even this title may not be good;
because I do not view the Homosexual community as a social Ill.
They are still normal citizens like you or me, they pay taxes,
abide almost every the law (except abide 377a i guess); and they
contribute to the economy. In fact, most likely, (if you are
working in the creative consultancy or media business), they are
most likely your bosses. ;-)
