Singapore Police Raid Gay Sauna; arrest owner

by Ng Yi-Sheng
The Online Citizen

Last Friday, 25 April 2008, there was a police raid at a gay sauna named One Seven. Though none of the clients were arrested, the 74 year-old owner, Sam was injured by the supervising officer and arrested and jailed overnight for allegedly having assaulted the officer, a charge that he denies. No explanation was given for the raid – on being asked, the officers refused to produce a warrant and simply repeated over and over again that they were conducting a “spot check”.

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Sodomy: Texas and Singapore

For years many states in the USA had laws against sodomy.

In 1973 Texas renamed the sodomy law to "Homosexual Conduct". Which made it discriminatory, since sodomy was no longer illegal for heterosexuals.

In 1998 two Houston men were arrested for having private consensual sex in their home.

They legally pursued the issue and finally in 2003 the US Supreme court issued a 6-3 opinion stating sodomy laws are unconstitutional.

I lived in Texas during that time and it came back to me when I saw an article today saying Singapore To Repeal Sodomy Laws But Not For Gays.