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Wednesday 12 December 2012

Hun Sen, Cambodia's Prime Minister, Speaks Out Against Anti-Gay Bias [Read the link below if Hun Sen meant what he said]

12/11/12
The Huffington Post

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia's prime minister urged the Southeast Asian nation's people on Tuesday not to discriminate against their gay countrymen.
Prime Minister Hun Sen spoke at a ceremony to hand land titles to villagers in southern Cambodia.
Gay rights is not a major issue in Cambodia, and Hun Sen seemed to have been inspired by discussions of the subject on International Human Rights Day on Monday, including on local television. Cambodian society, as in neighboring Thailand, is generally tolerant of homosexuality.
He said he had heard requests from gay Cambodians that they be able to enjoy the same rights and freedoms as others.
"There are gays and lesbians in every country, so there should be no discrimination against them just because of their destiny," he said.
In 2007, Hun Sen announced that he was disinheriting his adopted daughter because he was disappointed that she had taken a lesbian partner.
However, he appealed to society to show respect for gay people, saying "Most of them are good people and are not doing alcohol, drugs or racing vehicles."
Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, who died in October, caused a stir in 2004 when he wrote on his website that he supported the right of gay couples to marry.
Sihanouk said he was inspired to state his views after watching news reports about gay marriage in San Francisco.
The late king said that as a "liberal democracy," Cambodia should allow "marriage between man and man ... or between woman and woman."
"It's not their fault if God makes them born like that. ... Gays and lesbians would not exist if God did not create them," wrote Sihanouk, who abdicated in favor of his son later that year.
Same-sex civil unions are not legally recognized, but many marriages in Cambodia are common law rather than officially registered.
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Cambodian PM Hun Sen Urges End to Anti-Gay Discrimination

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, who in October 2007 publicly cut ties with his lesbian daughter, has spoken out in support of gays and lesbiand and urged his countrymen to curtail anti-gay discrimination, the AP reports:
HunsenGay rights is not a major issue in Cambodia, and Hun Sen seemed to have been inspired by discussions of the subject on International Human Rights Day on Monday, including on local television. Cambodian society, as in neighboring Thailand, is generally tolerant of homosexuality.
He said he had heard requests from gay Cambodians that they be able to enjoy the same rights and freedoms as others.
"There are gays and lesbians in every country, so there should be no discrimination against them just because of their destiny," he said...
...he appealed to society to show respect for gay people, saying "Most of them are good people and are not doing alcohol, drugs or racing vehicles."
The Cambodian leader made international headlines in 2007 when he publicly cut ties with his lesbian daughter. Said Hun Sen to more than 3,000 assembled at a school graduation ceremony in Phnom Penn: "My adopted daughter now has a wife. I'm quite disappointed. We are concerned that she might one day cause us trouble ... and try to stake her claim for a share of our assets."
At that time, Hun Sen also reportedly urged Cambodians not to discriminate against gays and lesbians. Comments about his daughter were reportedly omitted when the speech was aired on state media.
In 2004, Cambodia's King Sihanouk spoke out about gays and lesbians, saying "I am not gay, but I respect the rights of gays and lesbians. It's not their fault if God makes them born like that."

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Cambodia's PM Speaks out Against Anti-Gay Bias

Cambodia's prime minister urged the Southeast Asian nation's people on Tuesday not to discriminate against their gay countrymen.
Prime Minister Hun Sen spoke at a ceremony to hand land titles to villagers in southern Cambodia.
Gay rights is not a major issue in Cambodia, and Hun Sen seemed to have been inspired by discussions of the subject on International Human Rights Day on Monday, including on local television. Cambodian society, as in neighboring Thailand, is generally tolerant of homosexuality.
He said he had heard requests from gay Cambodians that they be able to enjoy the same rights and freedoms as others.
"There are gays and lesbians in every country, so there should be no discrimination against them just because of their destiny," he said.
In 2007, Hun Sen announced that he was disinheriting his adopted daughter because he was disappointed that she had taken a lesbian partner.
However, he appealed to society to show respect for gay people, saying "Most of them are good people and are not doing alcohol, drugs or racing vehicles."
Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, who died in October, caused a stir in 2004 when he wrote on his website that he supported the right of gay couples to marry.
Sihanouk said he was inspired to state his views after watching news reports about gay marriage in San Francisco.
The late king said that as a "liberal democracy," Cambodia should allow "marriage between man and man ... or between woman and woman."
"It's not their fault if God makes them born like that. ... Gays and lesbians would not exist if God did not create them," wrote Sihanouk, who abdicated in favor of his son later that year.
Same-sex civil unions are not legally recognized, but many marriages in Cambodia are common law rather than officially registered.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sinorook said that is because his son is gay.....

Anonymous said...

don't worry about personal issues ah kwaq, you should worry about corruption gone rampant and land grabbing human rights abused most of all worry about yuon that invades our water near Phnom kongkei kompong Chang province,7mikkiobs illegal yuons that you have to worry about not gays or lesbians crab!..
....yis!...longorng man ah kwaq niz vei...