As it happened: Singapore passes legislation to repeal Section 377A, amend Constitution to protect marriage definition
MPs in Parliament on Nov 29, 2022.
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Parliament has passed legislation to decriminalise sex between men and to amend the Constitution to protect the definition of marriage from legal challenges.
Section 377A is a colonial-era law that penalised sex between men, while marriage is defined under the Women's Charter as being between a man and a woman.
The debate, lasting about 10 hours over two days, ended on Tuesday (Nov 29).
Here are the main stories from today:
- Singapore passes laws to decriminalise gay sex, protect definition of marriage against legal challenge
- Shanmugam accuses Workers' Party of not taking stand on 377A; Pritam says minister mischaracterised his speech
- Constitutional amendment shields against 'creative arguments' challenging definition of marriage: Shanmugam
Follow the debate as it happened:
Source: CNA/mi
