Malaysian gay pastor to wed in NY next week

Dan82 · Aug 22, 2011

http://news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5186622

Reverend Ouyang Wen Feng said the government would not be able to disrupt his plans to marry on August 31 in New York, where same-sex marriages were recently legalised, nor to have a Chinese wedding banquet in his home country next year.

"Don't I have the right to invite my friends to have meals with me in (a) restaurant in Malaysia?" Ouyang said in an email to AFP over the weekend.

"The world is watching. Malaysia cannot afford to jeopardise her image as a moderate country the government is trying to portray," he added.

Homosexuality remains a largely taboo subject in Malaysia, and sodomy is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Islamic Affairs minister Jamil Khir Baharom said earlier this month that same-sex marriages, such as Ouyang's, were not allowed under the country's civil laws.

"We agree with human rights, but such extremism that allows man and man to marry will create social problems," local media quoted Jamil as saying.

Others, such as the chief minister of a southern state and several Christian leaders, have also condemned Ouyang's plan, according to local media...

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Jay · Aug 23, 2011

Hooray for this man's guts!!! Amazing

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