Poke! "Explain your heterophobia"; Commonwealth on gays (27 October 2011)

Quite a few news article today about homosexuality and the like, so I decided to have a look at them.

MP challenges gays to explain their "heterophobia" [Brisbane Times]

See how much fury will he cause in a single sentence. Independent MP Rob Messenger has a speech on gay people, saying they are causing him distress, and gay people should stay away from interfering his values and beliefs. Looks like we have a Christian maniac around in the parliament seats. He said:

"One of those beliefs is that that marriage is a divine gift exclusively to a man and a woman. I will feel discriminated against if gay people – a minority group – try to interfere with my traditional cultural values and impose their own. If gay people continue to attack my cultural values, knowing that it will cause myself and many others distress, then I will begin to think that they are in fear of me and people who share my tolerant western Christian democratic values. They would then have to explain their heterophobia"

One thing to mention about gays is they won't change your own beliefs and values just because the law pass the legality of same-sex marriage. Your beliefs are yours, no one can change your view in this society. What he is doing now is just as same as what he said: interfering other people's values. How outrageous.

Urges to call for Commonwealth to decriminalise gay sex [AM | ABC]

It is very hard to imagine some of the countries in the world still see homosexuality as a crime. In the very least gay people would be sent to jail, but some would be beaten to death or be pleaded death penalty. Ajit Prakash Shah, a former Indian High Court judge has come to the Commonwealth summit to call for decriminalisation of homosexually. He is the very judge to overturn a colonial law banning gay sex.

AJIT PRAKASH SHAH: We came to the conclusion, there was another judge sitting with me, and we found that this law is per se unconstitutional. It violates several provisions of the constitution, like it violates the right to privacy. It also violates the dignity of a person. Then the, this was also issue of equality. And we held that the provision is, violates the equality principle because it really targets one group as offenders under the section 377 which has been introduced by the British I think about 150 years back. And there was also issue of the discrimination.

The issue surrounding homosexuality and prevention of HIV and AIDS have become one of the agendas of the summit. The positive outcome in the whole CHOGM would be beneficial for the lawmakers in Commonwealth countries to decide on what laws can be changed in order to be constitutional and preserving human rights.

D.