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ntor Lee Kuan Yew was quoted by The Straits Times as saying: "If in fact it is true, and I have asked doctors this, that you are genetically born a homosexual - because that's the nature of the genetic random transmission of genes - you can't help it. So why should we criminalise it?". He was replying to a question from Young PAP activist Loretta Chen, who felt that current censorship guidelines were ambiguous and had asked where censorship was headed in the next two decades. The theatre director referenced her recent controversial play 251 about Singaporean porn actress Annabel Chong which dealt with pornography, performance art and alternative sexualities. Referring to homosexuality, Minister Mentor Lee said that it was an issue that "raises tempers all over the world, and even in America," further noting that there is a "strong inhibition" in all societies - be they Christian, Islamic, Hindu or Chinese. "And we are now confronted "with a persisting aberration." "But is it an aberration?" he asked. "It's a genetic variation. "So what do we do? I think we pragmatically adjust, carry our people...don't upset them and suddenly upset their sense of propriety and right and wrong. "But at the same time let's not go around like this moral police...barging into people's rooms. That's not our business. "So you have to take a practical, pragmatic approach to what I see is an inevitable force of time and circumstance.". See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuOr9Foswws http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq2Ci0ouAFg&feature=plcp Links: http://sporelgbtpedia.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew%27s_views_on_homosexuality