How is this not useful?
Posted on 08/26/2023 1:48:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
From the 'pretty girls' Facebook posts debacle to his unhappiness over his recent broadcast message, Tan Kin Lian has sparked controversy during this Presidential Election.
The presidential candidate's recent comments on the LGBT community are also raising eyebrows on social media.
In an interview with Yah Lah But podcast, uploaded on YouTube on Monday (Aug 21), Tan was asked about the concerns of minority groups such as the LGBT community in Singapore.
While the 75-year-old described his views as "quite flexible", Tan said he has a "suspicion" that these matters of diversity and differences should not be given too much attention.
"If you want to be a homosexual, do it privately. If you want to do it outwardly, then you actually cause problems with younger people and so on," he said.
"So I hold the view that for LGBT, it's better that you do it privately. We don't disturb you, you know."
Tan said that those from the LGBT community shouldn't bring their views into the public, since "there are other people who find it quite difficult, for religious and other reasons".
"So when the LGBT community wants to be more visible, I think that is not necessary and is not useful," he added.
When asked if Tan's comments on LGBT were going against how the Government had repealed Section 377A, he replied that he agrees with that move.
"But I think the community shouldn't push things too far. If they live their lives in private, they should be free from harassment, that I'm quite clear about," said Tan.
After Tan's quotes from the podcast were shared on the Wake Up Singapore Instagram page, several netizens criticised his views on the LGBT community.
"Boomers like him shouldn't tell people how to live," one of them said.
"I guess he's losing his deposit again," another said, referring to how Tan had lost his $48,000 deposit in the 2011 Presidential Election.
But several netizens praised his honesty in commenting on other hot button issues discussed in the podcast, such as the recent Ridout Road saga and the resignations of PAP MPs.
What other presidential candidates have said about LGBT issues When asked about Tan's LGBT comments, presidential candidate Ng Kok Song said that he shares the views of Pope Francis.
In a doorstep interview on Thursday, Ng, who is a devout Catholic, said that such issues are a very personal matter.
"Who are we to judge? Pope Francis himself was echoing what Jesus said: Judge not lest ye be judged," the 75-year-old said.
Speaking at an election meeting on Friday, Tharman Shanmugaratnam said that rushing LGBT matters is "too risky".
"The reality is we are not a society where there's a common view on this," he said.
Tharman, 66, mentioned how there are generational and religious differences amid Singapore's "multi-phase society" and explained that "moving too quickly in shifting social norms is very likely to lead to a pushback, to people feeling provoked and leading to more dissention in society".
Instead, social norms should evolve at a tempo that is to be determined by society and future generations, Tharman said.
Exactly. It’s between the person and God. Do it privately if you must, but don’t expect the nation to rally around and set policy and laws to accommodate you. It’s pretty difficult to do when you’re wanting to celebrate what so many consider wrong....and sinful.
Yeah. He’s right. Close your blinds and shut your trap.
There is a big problem with that approach.
It doesn't advance the leftist agenda aimed at destroying Western Civilization, Christianity, and the United States, in particular.
This is all being pushed, quite deliberately, to destroy Western Civilization, Christianity, and the United States.
“’If You Want to Be Homosexual, Do it Privately’:”
honestly is that too much to ask?
That has been, to me, a given.
Can we get him to run here?
Was he doing it under the auspices of Starbucks?
How is this not useful?
That’s because we normal people don’t GAS about your mental and sexual issues. Those are your problems, NOT OURS.
I suggest they use a closet.
You are correct.
The publicising and celebration of depravity is being used as a tool, to make the natural Christian rejection of the lifestyle, Illegal.
CIA reportedly uses all manner of conflict and division to marginalize whole governments, by stressing and dividing the people, in order to ease regime changes, everywhere.
Total manipulation. Rather fake, as many are simply paid for performing as a belligerent force.
Do moths really deserve that?
I prefer that everyone keep their sexuality to themselves. Why do they thin in that anyone really gives a crap to themselves behind closed doors.
What if I self identify as a bird?
People might be willing to feed my illusion as long as I didn’t abuse that kindness.
But let’s say I insisted on pooping on your floors because birds don’t use toilets... or that if you ‘mocked’ me I would get you fired and cancelled. Maybe then you wouldn’t be so accepting. Sexual weirdos have become the bullies.
Bingo!
Well, they just want to be left alone, right? Isn’t that what we were told not that long ago. “Stay out of my bedroom,’ they said.....
Uh-huh.....
Can straight people get married in public?
Utterly wrong
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