“The difficult, convulsive and complex times, summon to compose harmony between thoughts and emotions, are not a good time for despair or even for hope, and they demand from us a lot of prudence and a lot of patience.
The bill, which could see amendments to marriage, anti-discrimination and charity laws, has been lauded as a high priority for the government by both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.
Scott Morrison has urged his colleagues to avoid another row on religious freedom as the government prepares to put new laws to Parliament as early as July 22 to prevent discrimination on the basis of someone's faith.
“Prime Minister Hun Sen has sent a message through me to inform the members of the LGBTIQ community at this meeting that the government stands against all discrimination against LGBTIQ people."
The PM said when it comes to matters relating to LGBT and homosexuality, Singapore takes the middle ground, meaning it is not as open as places like San Francisco nor is it as strict as the Middle East
The president called for calm and offered dialogue to the different sectors that have raised their voices during the last days to express their demands to the Government.
There have been significant increases in the number of recorded hate crimes across the globe over the past two years, including hate crimes directed against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people
