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...society and that we should not discriminate against them. But as Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said, "I do not encourage or endorse a gay lifestyle. Singapore is still a traditional and conservative Asian society. Gays must know that the more they lobby for public space, the bigger the backlash they will provoke from the conservative mainstream." Singaporeans have spoken out on this issue, and the boundaries have clearly been drawn. (The Rev.) Yang Tuck Yoong Singapore...
...Backlash against the legislation has grown particularly strong in recent months, as civil liberties groups launched legal challenges to the act and both houses of Congress discussed repealing its more controversial aspects. At least 150 communities around the country have also reportedly passed resolutions against...
...Beware The Straight Backlash," Andrew Sullivan described himself as gay and politically conservative and decried the Bush Administration's hostility toward gay marriage [VIEWPOINT, Aug. 11]. Sullivan ought to know there are many Americans who accept gay marriage and who welcome gay associates, ideas and modes of behavior into their homes, lives and politics. These people are called liberals. Sullivan's problem is not that he's gay; it's that he has been hanging out with the wrong political crowd. He ought to quit spurning the hand of welcome and start working toward a liberal majority. It will...
...been acting in conjunction with the Lashkar-e-Toiba." Similarly, Gujarat's BJP chief minister, Narendra Modi, who returned to office last November on a wave of Hindu self-assertion, blames what he calls Pakistani secret-service "modules." And he denies any personal responsibility for sparking an anti-Hindu backlash. "There is a fashion to blame everything on Gujarat," he tells TIME...
...children with his current (second) wife, says marriage should be reserved for procreation, and, with few exceptions, the others toe that line too. And a new poll shows a drop in support for gay rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision against sodomy laws. Another cyclical backlash against gays--with echoes of the Anita Bryant campaign in the 1970s--looks quite possible...