Azwanddin backs up his claim of the LGBT threat by saying he has 17 reports of families that were broken up because the husbands got involved with gays. But that doesn’t prove anything. Those husbands might have been closet gays to begin with. They might have been forced into marriage to put up a front – until they discovered that they were not truly realizing the selves they were born as. - By Kee Thuan Chye, Malaysian Digest
Imagine this scenario in the not-too-distant future:
“Yang Berhormat, the general election is coming up. We are finalizing our list of candidates. I need to ask you if you are an LGBT person.”
“Huh? What’s that?”
“You haven’t heard? There’s a new legislation that forbids LGBT people from becoming MPs. Also senators.”
“LGBT means what? Lettuce, gherkin, bacon, tomato? Sounds like a sandwich.”
“No, Yang Berhormat. LGBT is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender.”
“What you talking laa? What’s that got to do with me?”
“Er … Yang Berhormat, are you gay?”
“Ei! If I’m gay, you think I’ll tell you and lose my chance of getting reelected ah? Bodoh!”
A situation like this is not going to happen, I hope. It’s too laughable. And yet we had someone like Bayan Baru MP Zahrain Mohamad Hashim trying to table a motion in Parliament last week to bar people who are LGBT from becoming MPs and senators.
Good thing the Speaker of the House, Pandikar Amin Mulia, rejected the motion, because it was “insignificant”. But now Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) and several other NGOs are planning to stage a public rally on April 21 to demand Pandikar Amin’s resignation. Its chairperson, Azwanddin Hamzah, says, “We consider the LGBT phenomenon a serious threat to the country.” He insists that if it was not eradicated, the country would face a “catastrophe”.
He also lashes out at the “free-sex LGBT lifestyle”, and warns that groups are trying to spread it. I think before we go any further, we should stop and mull over what he says. The first question we need to ask is: Are LGBTs truly a serious threat? In fact, are they even a threat at all? Are they so dangerous that they could lead this country to catastrophe?
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