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“This is not a crusade against the people but there is a line that God has drawn for us, and we don’t want our nation crossing that line.”
Derek Hong, Pastor Church of our Saviour

“I started thinking, ‘Hey, parents, you better know what’s happening. You better do something about this, otherwise your daughter will come back and say, ‘Mum, I want to marry my girlfriend. Or your son will say: ‘Dad, I want to marry my boyfriend.”
Thio Su Mien

“I am a Christian. That is what defines who I am and what I think. The world, however, is secular. It is separate from my faith and should remain so because people out in the world are from various cultures and faiths.”
Packrat

“What is ironic is the ideological colonisation of neutral minds takes place alongside the battle with the self-created/imagined demon. So who is the real demon any way?”
Sam Ho

“I dare say that an appropriate Christian response is to resist the actions of these Christians.”
Gwee Li Sui

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.

AWARE EGM Weekend Special
AWARE EGM at Suntec
- The Wayang Party: TOC “live” report: Aware EOGM - the early crowd
- Writing-Yoga-Living: Aware EGM Akan Datang

Church Leaders Admonish COOS
- CNA: Pastor apologises for misusing pulpit [erm.. pwned pastor?]
- The Kent Ridge Common: A series of interesting developments
- Mathia Lee: National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) speaks up at last
- TOC: NCCS’ stand on Aware a “responsible” one, says DPM Wong
- TOC: Church of Our Saviour clarifies “allegations”
- The Singapore Enquirer: Should faith-driven groups take over secular organisations? [ST]
- The Singapore Enquirer: Pastor regrets ‘actions on pulpit’

AWARE’s Comprehensive Sexuality Education
- The Kent Ridge Common: A friendly academic challenge to COOS on reparative therapy
- Mathia Lee: The meaning of discussion
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Students should speak up on AWARE programs
- The Wayang Party: Don’t let Dr Thio Su Mien off the hook: MOE should not allow itself to be held hostage by a vocal minority to serve their own selfish agenda
- TOC: Aware’s sex education programme - the concerns
- MOE: [Official] Reply to Recent Comments and Claims About AWARE’s Sexuality Education Programme in Schools

Christians Speak Out
- Gwee Li Sui’s Notes: A Christian Solution To The AWARE Conundrum
- My Very Own Glob: What we should be AWARE of

About Josie Lau’s Reply
- The Kent Ridge Common: Religion in secular society and its potential problems

Gender Equality Discussions
- Cavalierio: Why is the measure of love loss?
- The Lycan Times: Christianity vs Homosexuality

General Discourse
- A Xeno Boy in Sg: Carafa’s Eye [Check out the comments!]
- dhamma musings: The AWARE Saga - A Buddhist View
- catherinelim.sg: ‘Give new exco time’
- Yawning Bread: Feminism is important for men too
- The Wayang Party: How much money did AWARE new exco spend since 28 March 2009?
- Youtube: What happened inside Aware office a day before the EGM [Excellent remake of the hitler tirade. Too bad can't embed]

Takeover of AWARE
- TOC: Staff sent out email asking members to vote at Aware EOGM
- Empty Vessel: Better to convince, and not impose your views [Recommended]
- Sam’s Thoughts: The Christian Post on Aware and Homosexuality
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: New AWARE : How to make enemies and offend people
- irreligious: I’m Christian, and I disapprove of the new Aware Exco [Thanks Terence]
- Me and my thoughts: I am a Liberal
- The Phallus Monologue: What do they want?
- Youth.sg: Caught unAWAREs: Milestones and brickbats [Thanks Jennifer]
- Used Brains For Sale: Civil Engagement in a Civil Society
- Balderdash: Why you should not cancel your DBS cards because of Josie Lau
- HWZ: AWARE WARS - The Complete EPIC Trilogies! [Thanks shicai]
- ed’sperience: Why Singaporean Bloggers are Far from Political Maturity [Recommended]
- The Kent Ridge Common: Can a Christian political party possibly exist in Singapore?
- Newsvine: A Steeplejacking of a Women’s NGO In Singapore [Recommended]
- Siew Kum Hong: AWARE EGM on 2 May now at Expo Hall 2
- The Wayang Party: A call to wage a ’spiritual’ battle for AWARE (now we know why the EGM venue was changed)
- The Wayang Party: AWARE EGM venue moved to EXPO, next to “Transformation Conference 2009″ co-organized by COOS and 40 other Churches!
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MOE Replies on AWARE Sex Education Programme
- The Kent Ridge Common: Hanging herself with her own rope?
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Aware new guards - Doing more harm than good
- The Field Marshal: Aware
- TOC: “Aware belongs to you,” says Josie Lau
- groundnotes: Singapore’s ‘Culture Wars’: Fragmenting Politics
- The Kent Ridge Common: ‘Opposition’ versus ‘ruling’ party on 2nd May and a simulation for the next General Elections
- Sam’s thoughts: AWARE, Jihadist Sleeper and Unanswered Questions
- this lush garden within: The Aware Conspiracy - facts
- Almost Infamous: My Humble Suggestions involving the AWARE EOGM and the presence of Rajah and Tann
- The Kent Ridge Common: An interesting accidental coincidence, previously
- The Legal Janitor: Time for mainline churches to make a stand
- The Wayang Party: Call for ROS to step in and dissolve AWARE for breaching provisions under Societies Act (CAP 311)
- Sgpolitics: An open letter to Ms Josie Lau
- Yawning Bread: Identity mobilisation - a threat to society
- The Wayang Party: LEAKED: Email sent by Josie Lau’s husband, Dr Alan Chin BASHING MOE for “promoting” homosexuality to rally support
- The Wayang Party: Another “wayang” by Thio Su Mien? Parents’ appeal to Education Minister to express concern about CSE
- The Wayang Party: Pastor Derek Hong’s speeches on homosexuality and letter to lobby government against repealing 377A in 2007
- irreligiously: Muslim perspective to the Aware saga? [Thanks Terence]
- Boing Boing: Christian fundamentalists hijack Singaporean feminist group [Thanks suhaw]
- Singapurakini: God Saves Aware [Thanks singapurakini]
- Mathia Lee: Christians Against AWARE Takeover
- Me and my thoughts: AWARE - Part 3
- We Are Aware: Sign Up, Turn Up, Be Counted
- Gwee Li Sui’s Notes: CHRISTIANS AGAINST AWARE TAKEOVER! [Recommended]
- Eileen Tan Jin-yi Petition Online: A Call For The Most Revd Dr John Chew and All Faith Leaders to Protect Against the Degradation of Our Faith
- andyquak1958: moderation and tolerance
- The Wayang Party: Pastor Derek Hong contradicts himself in his statement on Aware connection
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Your sin or mine…
- Illusio: Civil society in a secular society
- Mathia Lee: Setting the record straight
- psychedelic lover: Stupidity comes in crowds
- this lush garden within: The AWARE saga - Why must people take sides?
- nofearSingapore: AWARE- Appeal for cool heads and compromise
- Feed Me To The Fish: Is Singapore “Beggarless”, “Buggerless” and “Secular”?
- Recruit Ong: The name of the Rose
- Singapore Social Activist: An Act of Self-righteousness

Takeover of AWARE Weekend Special
- Glass Castle Blog: A tale of two events: how they have completely lost the plot
- Illusio: Group of 9 comes clean…
- TOC: “We cannot have people acting like moral vigilantes..” says AWARE’s old guards
- Yawning Bread: Pirate mother ship appears on horizon, guns blazing
- empty_vessels: The Crackpots and These Women
- The Kent Ridge Common: Dr Thio Su Mien, what can you teach the ignorant ones, really?
- Sam’s Thoughts: AWARE: Who’s the Monster
- A Xeno Boy in SG: A Peculiar Irony [Recommended]
- The Wayang Party: Did Josie Lau LIE? Contradictions in earlier DBS statement and her revelation on CNA ‘Talking Point’ that she has no plans to run for AWARE President
- A Serial Number on my Vote: AWARE - the fight continues
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: AWARE — The Plot Thickens…
- The boy who knew too much: An alternative to AWARE’s war.
- Nomed Letters: Bra Wars
- The Phallus Monologue: Why YOU Should Care
- still me: strengthening of identity under siege
- Today In Singapore: X-Women 3: The Last Stand
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: AWARE sage: Revealing the hidden key leader & Reasons for take-over
- Tantalizine: Be aware of Morons in AWARE
- Feed Me To The Fish: Be Aware: Every War Starts With Good Intention.
- God’s in his heaven, All’s well with the world: The double irony of the AWARE saga
- Balderdash: if the PAP lost control of Singapore..
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: AWARE Saga: Reactions
- TOC: Dr Thio Su Mien’s press conference
- TOC: Old Guards speak up [Vids]
- Mr Wang Says So: AWARE - And Why You Should Cancel Your DBS Credit Cards
- The Legal Janitor: Things to note about Thio Su Mien
- Mathia Lee: More than meets the eye?
- TOC: AWARE veterans set the record straight
- Sgpolitics.net: Countering the contradictions and poorly conceived propaganda of AWARE’s new Exco
- The Kent Ridge Common: Questions the new AWARE exco must tackle before the EOGM and lessons we can learn
- The Wayang Party: The Crux Of The AWARE Fiasco Is Not About Homosexuality Or Religion But The Space For Diversity
- The Bosonic State: The Problem with the New AWARE EXCO
- Mathia Lee: I think Dr Thio Su Mien might be Bi-Sexual , and Blasphemous
- Sam’s thoughts: Thank you, Mrs Jean Tan
- Anders Brink: I disagree with my editor, let’s take over the publishers!
- Bambling: Gah
- The Lycan Times: Be Blissfully UnAWARE (FIN)
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Advice for the New Guard of AWARE
- Yawning Bread: Bloggers’ maturity demonstrated in Aware saga
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Save AWARE! Gender equality for all!
- My sketchbook: AWARE mothership has landed
- The Kent Ridge Common: Playing with words and a controversial precedent
- irreligious: Going undercover at Church of our Saviour (COOS)
- SG Gutter Press: Leaked video on COOS Pastor sermon on homosexuality [Thanks auntie] [chilling in a Blair Witch kind of way..]
- Illusio: A message from Josie Lau
- Mathia Lee: TWC2 Statement on AWARE
- Sam’s Thoughts: AWARE: The implications
- Writing-Yoga-Living: Josie’s Lau’s Insidious Insertion
- Illusio: The law of eternal return
- twinkilya: AWARE: a not-from-the-press perspective
- Crazy about Life: AWARE Saga: A glimpse of the future of Singapore politics?
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Minister’s advice for AWARE
- The Wayang Party: The AWARE saga: Time for government to respond to its ramifications to draw a clear demarcation between secularism and religion

H1N1 Swine Flu
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: WHO warns: new H1N1 flu unstoppable
- Angry Doctor: Alert Yellow
- the boy who knew too much: Swine Flu: is Singapore ready?
- Dotseng: When all fails, just blame it on the devil - the art of the mufflement of the truth. [Thanks SD]
- Otterman speaks…: Getting a grip on Swine influenza A (H1N1)
- The boy who knew too much: Singapore is lagging in flu preparedness.
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Swine Flu Panic : Are we overreacting?
- Mathia Lee: Swine Flu Outbreak & the misconception about Genetic Research
- The Open Room: Getting the Official Swine Flu News [Thanks Brian]
- The boy who knew too much: Antiviral stockpiles and value systems

Recession
- TOC: Will this be Singapore’s Lost Decade?
- My Little Corner: Inflation is up 1.6%
- TOC: Sleepless in Singapore
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Worst may be over, but brace for more job losses: MAS
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore job losses highest in more than a decade
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: NDP 09 no cheap show? get your priorities right

Reform Party: A New Hope
- TOC: Chairman of Reform Party resigns, Kenneth Jeyaretnam is new Sec Gen
- The Wayang Party: Kenneth Jeyaretnam needs to reply to damaging Straits Times report
- Sgpolitics.net: “The door is always open to him,” says new Reform Party Chairman
- The Kent Ridge Common: Interesting prospects ahead for the opposition
- TOC: Ex-Reform Party chairman denies ouster

PAP Ministars Get Rich r Die Tryin
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The Ministerial Musical Chair
- The Wayang Party: Lee Boon Yang As Keppel Chair: How Much Are We Spending To Keep Ex-PAP Leaders On GLCs And Stat Boards?

Public Order Bill
- Jacob’s Weblog: Minister for Home Affairs comments about local protesters are M.I.S.L.E.A.D.I.N.G

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Singabloodypore: Why promoting democracy via the internet is often not a good idea [Recommended]
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Net speculation about Singapore and Facebook warning
- ed’sperience’s Blog: Internet Regulation in Singapore, ‘Opposition’-style

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Yawning Bread: Migrant worker problems must be tackled at roots
- The Rot Within: Foreigners: Your Opinion Matters! Locals: Not So Much.

Singapore Day in London
- For it is difference that moulds me: Singapore Day in London
- Feed Me To The Fish: Free Makan & Show for Quitters in London?
- Singaporean Skeptic: Are Overseas Singaporeans more valuable to the country?
- Singaporean Skeptic: Are you willing to take the plunge (and leave Singapore)?

Little Green Dot
- Singapore Peak Oil: Some Concerns About the Speech by Minister Mah Bow Tan at the Asia Society Conference
- Singapore Peak Oil: Why Singapore’s Sustainable Development Blueprint is UNsustainable

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- The Wayang Party: Why Ho Ching deserves a May Day award from Australia - Temasek’s ABC Learning centres sold to charity for $1 each

Healthcare
- Angry Doctor: Letter to the Editor, SMA News

NS Matters
- Military Life: Memoirs of a Conscript in the Lion City: Embrace Foreigners, and Screw the Locals(NSmen) [Thanks Panzer]

Daily Discourse
- TOC: A Malay dilemma
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: A young person interested in politics
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Parameswara’s Weekly Round-Up (12th – 18th April 09)
- TOC: “Singapore penalises you if you are too weak or too strong.”
- Tribolum.com: Respect
- Nomadism: Hating Singapore, isnt it a bit overdone?
- The Wayang Party: Singapore-based company collaborating with company owned by Burmese drug lord to build Myanmar’s new airport
- TOC: Borrowing from loansharks - criminalising without providing real choice
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: My Response to TNP article on “Go to Your MP instead of Complaining” - 28 April 09
- The Kway Teow Man: Much Ado About Local Entreprenuers
- TOC: Singaporeans need to overcome negative traits
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Writing to My MPs Again…..(On Mr Fulwood’s Advice)
- The Wayang Party: Drowning in the Nonsense age of AWARE, Swine flu etc - How do we cope with living in the age of nonsense?

Life, the universe and everything
- Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Church of Jediism anyone?
- Cooler Insights: Social Media in the World of Museums
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says…: Singapore athletes break five national records at Negri Sembilan Open [Thanks SFF]
- Sgpolitics: I am not associated with Wayang Party’s blog
- SimpleBlob’s Life: Singapore all-age employment
- TOC: “I am good at what I do”
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Changing Truth(s) in Batang Kali

Infoblogaramous
- Tech65.org: Code::XtremeApps:: 24 hour programming competition
- Singapore Blog Awards: 2009 Official Site [Thanks Alvin]
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: SDP articles now available in four languages [Thanks Seelan]
- ShaunChng: Launch of Dell Swarm
- Lester Chan: Dell Swarm
- WilfridWong: Dell Swarm - The More People Buying It, The Most Discount You Get! [Thanks Brian for the headsup on Dell Swarm]