Equal Protection and Sexual Orientation

• Main Author: LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1995
• Subjects: Constitutional law; equality; equal protection; discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation; male homosexual activity; bill of rights; civil liberties; human rights; criminal law; unnatural offenses; carnal intercourse against the order of nature; gross indecency; Asian Studies; Public Law and Legal Theory; Sexuality and the Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/576; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1575/viewcontent/EqualProtectionSexualOrientation_1995.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Equality is the thread running through the fundamental liberties enshrined in our Constitution. ... Equality, expressed in Art 12 of the [Singapore] Constitution, is also a specific right enforceable by the court. The difficulty comes in applying this deceptively simple concept to real-life situatio...