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 (IV): Gay Rights, Adoption, Civil Partnership, 377A and Further Links to Other Related Issues
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 (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…
A Response to Lim Yu-Beng’s “God’s will and State law: A dangerous mix”
I refer to the commetary which the actor Lim Yu-Beng wrote for the Today News located here in response to Pastor Khong’s statement to our former Prime Minister Goh Gheok Tong.…
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 Heteronormativity is not Discrimination
The Point of the Law is to Discriminate The first point we need to note is that equality always means equality under the law. The point of the law is…