A lawmaker's proposal to amend a law so that same-sex couples married legally overseas can reclaim the ashes of their deceased partner from a columbaria (a place where urns are stored) has met with criticism from Hong Kong diocese.
Cyd Ho Sau-lan, a lawmaker from the Labour Party, proposed an amendment to the Private Columbaria Bill on July 6 as the bill only allows "relatives" to retrieve ashes from a columbaria.
Ho has suggested an amendment that would allow same-sex spouses married outside Hong Kong to be included in the definition "relative."
"It is already very painful to be widowed. Why should anti-gay people suppress the right of a same-sex spouse to handle his or her partner's ashes? Why do anti-gays have such hatred?" Ho posted on Facebook July 6.
Both the The Hong Kong Catholic Diocese and the Society for Truth and Light promptly spoke out against the lawmaker’s proposal, seeing it as a move towards same-sex marriage in the city.
“The issue itself reflects how discussions on LGBT issues have turned irrational," a church worker told UCA news.
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The world would be a significantly better place with all religion relegated to the position of an after-thought. There should certainly be a curtailment of religious intrusion into the political & governmental spheres.
The proposal isn't for the church to vote on. He knows this. He's looking to further stir things for his own end. The UK labour party tried this in the 70s and 80s. Look where they are now.
Engage with the people. They aren't dumb.
His saving grace came from Yves Saint Laurent, who had been my HK friend's employer. They learnt about it and helped my French friend to put his affairs in order before going back to France. They really showed compassion and he was grateful to them for that.
I will never forget the suppressed pain he was failing to hide when he told me of the ordeal he had been through.
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