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Lee Hsien Loong MP (born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician who has served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore since August 2004. Lee is the eldest son of the 1st Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. He has taken over the leadership of People's Action Party as the Secretary-General since December 2004 when former Prime Minister and Secretary-General Goh Chok Tong stepped down from the position to become the Senior Minister. Lee then led the party to victory in the 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020 general elections. He began his current term on 15 January 2016 following the opening of Singapore's 13th Parliament.

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Singapore decriminalises sex between men, but is marriage doomed?

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Singapore will decriminalise sexual relations between men but has no plans to allow same-sex marriage and will seek to enshrine the current ban in the constitution, the prime minister said on Sunday.

Announcing the move, Lee Hsien Loong said repealing the rarely enforced Section 377A of the penal code – which dates from colonial times – “was the right thing to do”.

But stressing his government’s continued support for the traditional, heterosexual definition of marriage, Lee said his administration believed “marriage should be between a man and a woman”.

Singapore will “protect the definition of marriage from being challenged constitutionally in the courts”, he added, promising to amend the constitution accordingly.

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