It appears that the petition at keep377a.com has now closed as of 0110hrs, 22nd Oct 2007. I however, did not see the same statement at this time on repeal377a.com though it did say ask that for interested parties to sign the open letter online, the dateline has been extended to 21st October, 2007.

There are a total of 15,743 signatures on keep377a vs 8,097 signatures on repeal377a. The ratio is 1.94:1. The results are pretty clear that even for now, Singapore society has stood for Section 377a. (Some might cry foul and say that keep377a has cheated by mobilising their supporters in the Christian community, but it appeared to me that repeal377a has gotten more publicity than keep377a itself anyhow.)

Anyway, while I do question the effectiveness of online petitions (and in fact any petitions in Singapore), I suspect this was really done just to prove that the MHA’s view is correct and it will not even change the decision of the gover-min at all on this matter.

After all, it would now appear that even the usually ‘liberal and ‘progressive’ Internet community has weighed the facts, and made their decisions.