A Singapore
television station has been fined for airing a show that
depicted a gay couple and their baby in a way that
''promotes a gay lifestyle,'' the city-state's media
regulator said Thursday. The Media Development
Authority fined MediaCorp TV Channel 5 $11,000, it said in a
statement on its website.The station aired an episode of a
home and decor series called Find and Design
that featured a gay couple wanting to transform their
game room into a new nursery for their
adopted baby.
A Singapore
television station has been fined for airing a show that
depicted a gay couple and their baby in a way that
''promotes a gay lifestyle,'' the city-state's media
regulator said Thursday.
The Media
Development Authority fined MediaCorp TV Channel 5 $11,000,
it said in a statement on its website.
The station aired
an episode of a home and decor series called Find
and Design that featured a gay couple wanting to
transform their game room into a new nursery for their
adopted baby.
The authority
said the episode contained scenes of the gay couple with
their baby and the presenter's congratulations and
acknowledgment of them as a family unit ''in a way
which normalizes their gay lifestyle and
unconventional family setup.''
The episode was
in breach of rules on free-to-air television programming,
which disallows content that promotes, justifies or
glamorizes gay lifestyles, the statement said.
Earlier this
month, the authority fined a Singapore cable television
operator, StarHub Cable Vision, $7,200 for airing a
commercial that showed two lesbians kissing.
Under Singapore
law, gay sex is deemed ''an act of gross indecency,''
punishable by a maximum of two years in jail.
Despite the
official ban on gay sex, there have been few prosecutions.
Authorities have banned gay festivals and censored gay
films, saying homosexuality should not be advocated as
a lifestyle choice. (AP)
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