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  • Together We Stand – Wear White For Family

    Together We Stand – Wear White For Family

    We.Wear.White | Saturday, June 4 | Sunday, June 5

    Why Wear White? Because it is a pro-Family, pro-Government, pro-Singapore message!

    1. It is a message to our Government that we fully support its pro-Family policies. We reinforce the important role of Family in nation-building. Guó Jiā. Guó means country. Jiā means family. The Family is the basic building block of society. As the Family goes, so goes society, so goes the nation. We pledge to work with our government to build a Family of Nation-Builders and a Nation of Family-Builders.

    2. It is a message to the Church that we must arise and move as one on our convictions regarding personal purity and public morality, Marriage and Family. Howard Hendricks said: “A belief is something you will argue about. A conviction is something you will die for.”

    3. It is a message to the Press and Society at large that the Church’s stance on heterosexual Marriage and the Natural Family is in keeping with the core value of Singapore’s conservative majority. We signal to the younger generation our commitment to preserve the Pioneer Generation’s legacy of Family according to “the mainstream views and values of Singapore society, where the social norm consists of the married heterosexual family unit.”

    4. It is a message to LGBT activists that there is a conservative majority in Singapore who will push back and will not allow them to promote their homosexual lifestyle and liberal ideologies that openly and outrightly contradict our laws, our government’s stated policies, our national core values, and the conservative majority’s views on public morality, Marriage and Family.

    Remember, this is not a protest. This is a message. An important message representing the conservative majority of Singapore. Will you lead by example?

    “I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.” (Jeremiah 32:39)

    Together We Stand:
    Lawrence Khong
    Chairman, LoveSingapore

     

    Source: LoveSingapore

  • Pink Dot Supporters Should Look In The Mirror

    Pink Dot Supporters Should Look In The Mirror

    Pink Dot supporters cite the event as one emphasising tolerance, respect and love.

    Ironically, there was an intolerant, disrespectful call for governmental action against religious communities who disagree with it, in the letter “End the slurs on LGBT people and their allies” (June 22, online).

    Conservatives who disagree with Pink Dot are labelled as hatemongers. Religious leaders are accused of using the pulpit to attack persons attracted to the same sex. People with religious convictions are to be barred from discourse in “secular” public spaces.

    Of greatest concern, however, is the assumption that all persons attracted to the same sex support Pink Dot. There are many of them who disagree with its agenda, which is to “change society’s attitude”, whereby regulations “will naturally also change”.

    When an agenda seeks to alter a country’s laws and moral norms, it is only natural that society examines the merit of the movement. To suggest then that religious communities be silenced, when the movement imposes on everyone, is incredulous.

    Such uncivil attitudes and double standards have resulted in discrimination against conservative communities. For example, Focus on the Family was unfairly branded a sexist organisation (“Ministries studying feedback on relationship workshop”; Oct 9).

    Ms Agatha Tan’s accusations against it were taken wholesale and spread by news platforms and the public, with little critical thinking applied to her arguments.

    It did not take rocket science to reach the logical question one should have asked: Would the Education Ministry have approved a sexist programme promoting rape to be run for 17-year-olds?

    Even when her schoolmates who had sat in the same lecture wrote to address her allegations, little effort was made by the media, the school or the ministry to redress the issue publicly.

    The organisation and its staff have suffered real loss to their reputation and livelihood. Has integrity been compromised in a world that prizes tolerance over truth?

    Bullying of persons attracted to the same sex must be addressed. But remarks by Pink Dot supporters, such as those of the letter writer, divide the society and attack Singapore’s conservative religious communities.

     

    This article, written by Leo Hee Khian, was published on Voices, Today, on 1 Jul.

    Source: www.todayonline.com

     

     

  • End The Slur On LGBT People And Their Allies

    End The Slur On LGBT People And Their Allies

    The annual Pink Dot event has put Singapore on the map for the right reasons (“LGBT rally forms sea of pink at Hong Lim Park”; June 13, online).

    It has become a beacon of hope for many who feel alone and victimised because of who they are, so much so that it has been replicated in places such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and the United States.

    Of late, unfortunately, the lead-up to Pink Dot, an event emphasising tolerance, respect and love, has been marred by vitriol directed at the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community and their allies.

    Hatemongers have created platforms on social media from which they hurl their slurs. Offline, some have used the pulpit to launch attacks against LGBT people and their supporters.

    Many, including those who had been neutral in the issue, have felt compelled to speak out against this bigotry. But the silence of the authorities, who have intervened in racial, religious or gender discrimination, is puzzling.

    Replacing the word “LGBT” in this hateful commentary with an ethnic group or religious affiliation would render the remarks seditious.

    Replacing “gay” or “lesbian” with a reference to a gender, age group, social class or the disabled would not sit well with civic-minded Singaporeans.

    The authorities and our politicians must not practise double standards, but be bold to speak up against such speech. Silence emboldens bigots and would mean complicity in the hate campaign.

    This is not about supporting LGBT people but about supporting a society where everyone is treated with dignity and about creating a safe society, where discourse is civil.

    Will our leaders respond to protect the secular space in Singapore and signal that such actions are unacceptable?

     

    This article, written by Angeline Wong Hu Wei, first appeared on Voices, Today, on 22 Jun 2015

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Thousands Of Christians Wear White In Opposition To Pink Dot Sg

    Thousands Of Christians Wear White In Opposition To Pink Dot Sg

    Over 6,400 Christians dressed in white on Sunday afternoon to attend a special “family worship” service conducted by Singapore’s Faith Community Baptist Church (FCBC), according to organisers.

    The service was held at a full-house Suntec Convention Centre and led by FCBC founder and pastor Lawrence Khong, who earlier called on his followers to wear white over the weekend to protest the annual Pink Dot gay rights rally on Saturday.

    Khong, who supports keeping a Singapore law that criminalises sex between men, released a statement on Friday pointing to the Pink Dot movement as a “decline of moral and family values”.

    Into its sixth year running, Pink Dot saw an estimated record-breaking crowd of 26,000 gather at Hong Lim Park to discourage gay discrimination.

    In a survey on social morality released by the Institute of Policy Studies earlier this year, 78.2 per cent of respondents said sexual relations between two adults of the same sex was wrong, and 72.9 per cent did not agree with gay marriage.

    “Pink Dot is right to protest for greater freedom and equality. I respect their push for greater inclusion,” said FCBC member Teo Yee Nam ahead of the Sunday service. “But I feel they have to be mindful of society’s stance on the traditional grounds of marriage.”

    Other FCBC members Yahoo Singapore spoke to concurred, saying they were wearing white not to explicitly oppose Pink Dot, but to support their pastor Khong and the idea of a traditional family unit involving one man, one woman and children.

    “We’re just coming together to worship God, and wearing white to have the spirit of supporting family,” said Maisy, a 39-year-old homemaker. “Pink Dot have their own position. We don’t have anything against them… after all, we’re all Singaporeans.”

    The campaign to wear white was originally started more than a week ago by Singaporean Muslim teacher Ustaz Noor Deros, who asked Muslims to avoid Pink Dot and instead don white garments for Ramadan eve prayers on Saturday night.

    Not all Muslims seemed to be aware of the initiative when Yahoo visited the prominent Masjid Sultan at Kampong Glam, but others elsewhere posted photos of themselves wearing white on social media under the hashtag “#wearwhite”.

     

    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

     

  • Beri Sokongan Kepada Wear White!

    Beri Sokongan Kepada Wear White!

    Gereja-gereja di Singapura akan pakai putih atau Wear White pada 13 Jun 2015 ini sebagai simbol tidak setuju mereka terhadap acara perhimpunan tahunan yang mempromosikan gayahidup kaum Sodom di Singapura.

    Mereka sebulat suara akan memakai putih pada tarikh tersebut, sepertimana yang mereka lakukan pada tahun lepas secara besar-besaran. Inilah cara mereka menyuarakan keperihatinan mereka terhadap gejala negatif dengan cara aman, iaitu dengan hanya memakai putih.

    Wear White ini sebenarnya bermula dari Wearwhite yang dipelopori masyarakat Islam tahun lepas apabila acara tahunan kaum Sodom itu bertembung dengan malam 1 Ramadhan. Tahun lepas, Wearwhite ini hanya menggalakkan Muslim untuk memakai pakaian putih pada malam 1 Ramadhan sebagai kesucian untuk Kembali Kepada Fitrah dan tidak menyokong acara yang mempromosikan gayahidup kaum Sodom. Golongan Kristian memberi sokongan kuat lagi padu dengan mereka memakai pakaian serba putih pada hari Sabtu (petang 1 Ramadhan) dan Ahad (1 Ramadhan) apabila mereka ke gereja masing-masing.

    Golongan Kristian tahun ini meneruskan Wearwhite tahun ini dengan mengenakan pakaian serba putih pada hari acara mempromosikan gayahidup kaum Sodom dijalankan sebagai cara mereka menyuarakan keperihatinan mereka secara aman. Dan mereka pun sudah persiapan awal untuk menggalakkan anggota setiap gereja untuk Wearwhite pada hari tersebut.

     

    Source: Mohd Khair