In February, the government decided to keep the law on the books. But just a few months after that decision, the prime minister announced it would be repealed. I believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most singaporians will now accept," he says. At the same time, the change may mask an overall attack on gay rights in the country. How so, later in the same speech, the PM announced that he would limit other wights the same sex couples - even as he legalized sex between men.