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Cambodian king backs gay marriage
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has shown that advancing years are no barrier to an open mind and liberal attitude.
After watching television images of gay marriages in San Francisco, the 81-year-old monarch has decided that single sex weddings should be allowed in Cambodia too.
He expressed his views in a hand written message on his website which has proved extremely popular in Cambodia.
The king said that as a "liberal democracy", Cambodia should allow "marriage between man and man... or between woman and woman."
He said he had respect for homosexual and lesbians and said they were as they were because God loved a "wide range of tastes."
Sihanouk, who is currently in Beijing for medical treatment, also said that transvestites should be "accepted and well-treated in our national community."
Such views are not widespread in Cambodia, but the king is hugely revered, although he is a constitutional monarch and has no executive powers.
Cambodian king backs gay marriage
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has shown that advancing years are no barrier to an open mind and liberal attitude.
After watching television images of gay marriages in San Francisco, the 81-year-old monarch has decided that single sex weddings should be allowed in Cambodia too.
He expressed his views in a hand written message on his website which has proved extremely popular in Cambodia.
The king said that as a "liberal democracy", Cambodia should allow "marriage between man and man... or between woman and woman."
He said he had respect for homosexual and lesbians and said they were as they were because God loved a "wide range of tastes."
Sihanouk, who is currently in Beijing for medical treatment, also said that transvestites should be "accepted and well-treated in our national community."
Such views are not widespread in Cambodia, but the king is hugely revered, although he is a constitutional monarch and has no executive powers.
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