A Conversation on Pinkdot, Sexual Orientation, Discrimination and Marriage
The following was a conversation which I had with an LGBT advocate on the facebook group “We are against Pinkdot” […] Me: To speak of whether sexual orientation, and by…
Marriage Died at No-Fault Divorce, Not Gay Marriage; Prenups as a Defense Against Divorces
A statement that appears to assure a performance and form a contract but, when scrutinized, leaves to the speaker the choice of performance or non-performance, which means that the speaker…
Marriage as a Social Institution (III): Lack of Intention to start a Family and Infertility
This post is part of a series of posts which started out as a single unified whole, but was later found it to be incredibly long, thus I’ve decided to…
Marriage as a Social Institution (II): Premarital and Extramarital Sex and the Enforcement of the Marital Ideal
This post is part of a series of posts which started out as a single unified whole, but was later found it to be incredibly long, thus I’ve decided to…
Ye (Somewhat) Comprehensive Guide to Marriage as a Social Institution (I): The Heterosexual Essence of the Order of Marriage
…marriage, so far as its essential basis is concerned, is not a contractual relation. On the contrary, though marriage begins in contract, it is precisely a contract to transcend the standpoint of…
An Analysis of Tania De Rozario’s “Not Prepared to Wait” and the High Court’s Decision on 377A
It’s that time again, sigh, my comments in the square brackets and red. When Mathew Shepard was murdered in Wyoming in 1998, I was 17. I got the news from…
On Premarital sex and Moral Luck; Righteousness as the Gift of God
Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” 1 Corinthians…
An Analysis of Miak Siew’s Reply
Italics are mine Dear Pastor Khong, I wrestled at length how to reply to your statement. I believe you spoke out from your own firm beliefs, and I respect your…
Why as a Christian I think Gay People Should get Married
A gay male who marries a female, but claims to still be gay “Yestergay”, Urban Dictionary But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to…
If Christian Marriages did not Exist, it would be Necessary to Invent it; A Philosophical Account of Marriage
Some Preliminary Remarks Philosophical reasonings are not mathematical demonstrations and therefore one should not expect strict deductive rigor in such matters. (In fact, it would be unreasonable to expect absolute…