On Alfian Sa'at, Thio Li Ann and Gay Lib

This Alfian Sa'at v Thio Li Ann thing is so beside the point.
Does the rudeness of one man discredit his camp's campaign? No. So leave it already.

And then the Pro-Repeal Camp jumps in on this and some try to find means to discredit Thio Li Ann. The number of sites ridiculing her is astounding. Some of them are quite funny to read, if you are on the pro-repeal side. Many of them having no real persuasive value nor logical value. Saw some calls to "expose her", asking people to dig up dirt on her....

Like... errr....and how would that help their cause?

Scare her silly and get her out of parliament so that no one else dares to voice up against the pro-repeal camp again?

Isn't this Alfian Sa'at v Thio Li Ann thing completely beside the point?

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Personally, I've been on both sides of the fence.
In my secondary school days, I've written pro-gay-lib letters and supported their cause. My logic was, just as we do not prescribe that a Chinese must love and marry a Chinese, we should not prescribe that a man must love and marry a woman. It's a matter of personal choice.
"Plus," I told my mother, "We won't have to worry about teenaged pregnancy."
My mother could understand my reasoning. Yet i never managed to get her to agree with me.
"But it's against nature," was my mother's only rebuttal.
I thought that was lame.
Why should we abide by "Nature"? Anti-aging cream was against nature too.
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When i became a Christian, i found that homosexuality was not right according to the bible.
So while i was mindful of how logical my own beliefs seemed to me, i opened my mind to the idea that God, being the creator, would have the final say on what's right and what's not.

"Illumination!" Christians would say.
"Regression!" Pro-Repeal folks would say.
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So I think the twain shall never meet. Some may switch sides along the way, but if the issue is on "Morality-as-God-Intended" vs "Equality/Freedom of choice", there's no sitting on the fence.

So I suppose that is why the "middlemen" would have to take the stance of "Is the public ready/ what is good for society for now".

Which can never truly satisfy either camps.
But which'll have to do, i guess.
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Has the recent debate done any good?
I think it benefitted the Pro-repeal Camp.
They got to voice their views, they manged to stir up quite a lot of publicity, which is important for people fighting for the ideology of "Equality". They've now established a good platform to further propogate their cause by reaching out to the community to raise awareness and understanding.

For the "Morality-as-God-intended" folks, I think it didn't do much good at all, simply because i think that we can't win hearts through arguments. It's human nature to prefer removing boundaries to establishing boundaries. It takes illumination, revelation, a personal conviction, to cause someone to want to give up his own preferences/choice/desires.

So while this was a fort we had to stand strong to defend, it was merely defense. To move forward, i believe we need to love more, pray more, care more. Listen more, understand more, yet be rooted in the Word. Build up the family unit. Help others build up their family unit.Speak with gentleness and love (Not picket at people's funeral). They are NOT our enemies, they are the people we are called to love.


"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."