It's a bit of a double edged sword. Some might argue that ashley overall is going to make life harder for gay couples. singapore is being quite undemocratic by trying to shield major public policy decisions from legal challenges. There are, as you said before, gay wrights activists in singapore. Do you think they could see this as an opportunity to be more vocal? Could they challenge the change in law? Ye, they could. They ta chance that tey will kind of fire up the activist community.
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