ST Explains: What if 377A is repealed and what it means to constitutionally protect a marriage?

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Constitutional law expert, Mr Eugene Tan, and Associate Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University, explains how marriage may be constitutionally protected. READ MORE: https://str.sg/wR9q [For subscribers]

0:00 - Introduction
0:55 - How is marriage legally defined here in Singapore?
1:42 - What does it mean to constitutionally protect a marriage?
2:30 - How can a marriage be constitutionally protected?
4:14 - If heterosexual marriages were to be constitutionalised, would it go against Article 12 of the Singapore Constitution?
6:01 - Why is there a call to have heterosexual marriages enshrined in the Constitution?
7:42 - What does it mean to safeguard the current legal position on marriage?
9:28 -- How do youth view this issue?

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