NEWS Christian group attacks "homosexual agenda" in Singapore July 23, 2003 SINGAPORE - The Singapore government's decision to openly hire gays has triggered an online campaign against homosexuals and prompted a group of Christians to draw up a plan of action to tackle the "volatile situation," it was reported on Wednesday. The National Council of Churches, representing Anglicans, Methodists and Presbyterians, is also addressing the issue, The Straits Times said. Homosexuality has become a hot subject in the conservative city-state ever since Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed earlier this month that the government is employing openly homosexual people. Goh said gay people who declared their sexual orientation would be hired in "certain positions in the government." But homosexual acts remain an offence, he added. Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong said a recent meeting of 20 Christians ended with a "consensus to draft an immediate plan of action that every pastor and church can adopt in our battle against homosexuality." In an e-mail he asked Christians to "express their concern" to members of parliament and write to the media. He urged them to act against the "homosexual agenda." In a message on the church's website Yang said, "We cannot stand idly by. Homosexuality is a sin and it is far more rampant, militant and organized than most of us actually believe it to be." "We are born this way and they are born that way, but they are like you and me," he noted. A letter published in another Singapore newspaper by Dr. Thio Su Mien and eight others said, "We should not allow our society to be slowly eroded by the growing agenda of homosexuals in our society." But Sister Theresa Seow, president of the Inter-Religious Organization, said, "It is not very Christian to provoke people to go against a group of people who, I believe, would not want to be what they now are if they have a choice." -Sapa-DPA Related stories Gay prelate who turned down bishop's post says he has support Oz church votes in gay priests amid threats of mass exodus  Archbishop urges church to learn from gay bishop row Gay activist gate-crashes Anglican church council Anglican gay row continues as gay priest rejects bishop post