LGBT community to be respected, Speech by Sam Dac Hun Sen (DAP, 11-12, Dec, 2012 and Phnom Penh Post 12 Dec, 2012)
Prime Minister of RGC: There should not be discrimination against homosexuals
Head of Royal Government of Cambodia on 11 December
2012 declared that Men and Women (LGBT) who are homosexual in Cambodia
currently have noticeable numbers hence, there should not be discrimination
against them because it is their right.
Prime Minister Hun Sen mentioned this
during the Land Entitlement Awarding Ceremony at Domnak Chong Eur district, Kep
Province on the morning of 11 December 2012 that homosexuality exists a lot in
different countries in the world so there should not be discrimination on these
issues since it is their nature.
Samdech Hun Sen added that “regarding
International Human Rights Day ………. yesterday I saw …. Cambodia News Cable (TV)
invited Homosexual representative for an interview on the rights they
claimed for from the Government to acknowledge on Homosexual third sex Loving,
that exists in all countries”
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged
Cambodians to be more receptive towards homosexuality in a speech delivered a
day after the gay community celebrated Human Rights Day.
In response to same sex couples
demanding equal rights during Cambodian celebrations of International Human
Rights Day, Hun Sen called on the public to be more tolerant of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people.
“They do not want to be this way,
but they are [born] like that,” the premier said during a speech given at
a land titling ceremony in Kep province.
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