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INTRODUCTION This post is to continue on my review of the IPS Survey on Religion, Morality, and Conservatism in Singapore, conducted by Mathew Mathews, Leonard Lim, and Shantini Selvarajan from the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), National University of Singapore. In my previous post, I commented on the respondents' views on various moral issues, paying close attention to gay sex and gay marriage. I concluded that while progressive steps have been made towards the acceptance of LGBT in Singapore, much more work still needs to be done. Not only does the pro-LGBT camp need to gain more in numbers, they also need to successfully influence the religious groups (Christians, Catholics, and Muslims) in particular for any chance at having LGBT rights legalized in Singapore. My previous post can be found at this link , and the IPS Survey report can be found here . In the second half of the report, the respondents were asked to give their stances on various conservative-liberal...

Recently, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) in the National University of Singapore (NUS) published a report titled "Religion, Morality, and Conservatism in Singapore". The survey was conducted by Mathew Mathews, Leonard Lim, and Shanthini Selvarajan. All data and pictures in this post are all credited to their hard work. What was widely covered in the media was the respondent's views towards homosexual sex and homosexual marriage. One good example can be this piece from Channel NewsAsia . I was personally very intrigued by such a piece of news, and managed to find the time last weekend to read the report. The report can be accessed  here . Initially, after reading the CNA article, I thought that the report would only be about respondent's views towards homosexual sex and marriage. I could not be more wrong. I can summarize the long, 110 page, report into 2 categories - Singaporeans' opinion on various 'vices' (including but not only homosexual s...