Sex. Religion. Politics

http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/2010/02/18/9670.police-reports-lodged-against-singapore-pastor-over-offensive-gay-and-lesbian-remarks

I’m going to put forth a provocative thought here :

I think that religious leaders need Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Why are interfaith dialogues all about polite rituals still? You know what people say about the kids doing It anyway, whether adults are acknowledging it? I say the same thing about interfaith dialogues. The masses and pastors are already talking about faith and sex. Isn’t it high time the Inter Religious Council sits down with the Pink Dot?

Perhaps this is an opportunity for the Pink Dot to be the bigger person and make the first move, invite the IRC to dialogue. People have commented , how can we do anything for people who legally don’t exist? or how can we, as people who cannot legally exist, do anything? Well I say this, You don’t have to an animal to campaign for animal rights. You don’t have to be a tree to campaign for environmental protection. You don’t have to be a child to campaign against child abuse so You don’t have to be LGBT to campaign for LGBT rights You don’t have to be atheist to campaign for secularism You don’t have to be religious to campaign for interfaith respect It isn’t criminal to have compassion It isn’t immoral to have a sense of justice It’s really sad when we’ve to resort to using ISD threats and police reports It’s really sad when other religions and marginalised people must be insulted to get your flock to heaven. Education and dialogue. Can we at least give it a try?

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