TM Lutas:
With respect to your question about homosexual coupling in Signapore, the answer is that the society isn't yet ready to accept it. The lack of acceptence has nothing to do with the state, Indeed this highlights that even a dictablanda like Signapore is still constrained by popular mores and the state actors can't innovate societal changes if there's no support for them. I was there last year when the government decided that openly gay functionaries would no longer be booted out of the public administration as their sexual preferences were no longer regarded as a security threat.

The popular reaction was one of unease and a sense of resignation about the decision. It's still a radical departure and the state has to proceed very slowly to allow the population time to adjust.
xavier