Homosexual Marriage - increase human trafficking for pregnancies
The remarks were made Monday at a legislative seminar on why same-sex marriage should be opposed. The talk – organised by the pro-Beijing DAB party was chaired by DAB lawmaker and member of the Equal Opportunities Commission Holden Chow.
The seminar on why same-sex marriage should be opposed. During the seminar, an audience member expressed concern that the process of making babies would be “commercialised” if same-sex marriage is legislated upon.
He claimed the legalisation would also lead to human trafficking owing to higher demands for surrogate mothers, as well as more abortions when when a surrogate becomes pregnant with more than one baby.
Reverend Jayson Tam, division head of Evangelical Free Church of China’s Yan Fook Church, expressed agreement: “The global trend of gay rights development is towards adoption and the surrogacy industry, which will lead to human trafficking. We must speak for the voiceless.”
“Marriage, family and children are a gift from God. What [you] said is true: we need to think about our future generations and how to protect those without a voice.” The reverend said the issue of same-sex marriage is only a part of the bigger “problem” of the sexual revolution and LGBT movement. He said the social movement has led adults to believe sex is a right.
“But in doing so, they are in fact violating others’ rights,” he said.
Citing the example of Taiwan, Tam said that while the island’s LGBT movement is the most progressive in Asia, it also has the highest divorce rate in Asia and one of the world’s lowest birth rates. “Taiwan’s AIDS rate is 10 times that of Japan and South Korea,” he added.
He also cited news reports as saying that 200,000 fetuses were “killed” in the same year when Taiwan saw 200,000 newborns, though Taiwanese media reported in 2015 that the country’s medical sector estimated around 500,000 abortions a year. Tam said he disagreed with the pro-LGBT argument that heterosexual marriage is equally problematic in that it sees high divorce rates and existing abortion practices.
“We are just not doing good enough, but does it mean we should change the entire system? Shouldn’t we instead give more resources to strengthen [marriage]? I am a father, I also want more resources for being a good father,” he said.
Incest
Meanwhile, barrister Josiah Chok Kin-ming claimed the “overall objective” of the LGBT movement is about sexual liberation.
“The effect [of same-sex marriage] on adoption and human trafficking is indisputable,” he said. “Another incontestable fact is that of around 20 countries that have legalised same-sex marriage, around a dozen have introduced the idea of decriminlisaing incest.” The debate about decriminalising incest had become a global trend. In 2014, the German Ethics Council recommended an end to the criminalisation of incest between siblings. Similar calls emerged in Sweden last year.
