Being pro-family does not mean one is anti-gay

Being pro-family does not mean one is anti-gay

I REFER to Sunday's article, 'Claire Nazar: Why I quit as Aware president'. In it, questions arose about whether she was anti-gay due to the fact that she was pro-life, pro-family and had written a letter on her concerns regarding same-sex marriages.

Anti-gay accusations, just because one is pro-life and pro-family, are unfair. If one can be easily identified as anti-gay just because of such beliefs, then it should be just as acceptable to come to the following conclusions: that all who believe in marriage are anti-single; that all those passionate about the use of Mandarin are against other languages; and that those who devoutly practise a certain religion are against other religions.

I believe Mrs Nazar's letter to The Straits Times in July 2007 on same-sex marriages was focused on the welfare of the child. The appropriate response for those who do not agree should be to point out the flaws in her concerns, instead of glibly labelling her as 'anti-gay'.

Cecilia Nathen (Ms)

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Why Claire Nazar quit

Why she quit

Weekend • April 18, 2009

Ms Claire Nazar told Today, it became clear after the exco’s first meeting that they “were not going to follow my direction”. “The exco and I didn’t see eye to eye. It was unfortunate. It was pointless for me to carry on as I didn’t want to waste time in politicking.”

For instance, she wanted the current sub-committee chairs to retain their posts; the others felt differently. And, when she wanted to release a statement saying she would focus on working mothers during her one-year term, the exco “wanted to deliberate another week”.

Ms Nazar said she wished Ms Josie Lau all the best and remains an Aware member.

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