Becoming acquainted with “society matures”
The highlighted quote focuses on the term mature (society matures and mature attitude).
When our society is developing (immature) the moral law prohibiting homosexual goes uncontested. When the society matures, the basic moral law is expected to face robust debates over their existence.
What really matures in the society (Economical, Moral, Societal, etc)? I would said, that the fundamental moral law has enabled significantly the advancement of our nation. We need not look far, the strong emphasis placed to ensure “political corruptions” are dealt with. We have also aplenty of historical examples to tell the destructive power of “political corruptions”. The less sublime moral code for normal human relationship is part of this fundamental moral law. Both existed because “political corruptions” and homosexuality are abnormal and thus considered wrong. It is not based on the issues of lost of national revenue, or lost of pools of talents, or aggravating feelings of some abnormal social groups.
Even when the society matures, these moral rules are still the cornerstone for the proper existence of the nation. I don’t see how as a nation matures, we are expected to become lax on the very moral laws that have brought us to that level of maturity. We don’t dig out the foundation of a building, just because we have reached the 8th level of the building. This phase of “society matures” may have been used excessively in many of our political arguments, and we are becoming acquainted to it, as a passage to compromise on many moral codes.
Shen Yeoh Liang
MSCS, MSc. (Technology Mgt, UK), MCSE,
MCDBA, Prof Dip (.NET & Web Services, ISS/NUS)
Personal website: http://shenyl.frih.net
