Letters | Don’t conflate Hong Kong same-sex marriage rights with views on religion or adoption
- Same-sex marriage does not automatically impact child adoption rights. And the religious faithful can continue to practise their beliefs – but must not impose them on others
His second point is that same-sex marriage in some way interferes with religious freedom. But religious freedom means you are free to practise your religious belief; it does not mean you can inflict your view on the rest of society. That notion, so popular during the Inquisition, fortunately is no longer with us. So they are perfectly at liberty to be against the practice of same-sex marriage, just as those who wish to engage in it should be at liberty to do so.
David Osborne, Quarry Bay
Religious views have no place in civil rights debate
I refer to Anson Chan’s letter of October 12. One of his concerns was that same-sex marriage seemingly contravenes the Christian gospel. I must point out the obvious – that Hong Kong is a secular society. We are not, and must not, be a theocracy.