Yang Tuck Yoong
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Yang Tuck Yoong ({{lang-zh|s=杨德云|t=楊德雲|p=Yáng Déyún}}){{cite news|language=zh|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/znews/singapore/story20180405-848200|newspaper=Lianhe Zaobao|title=美国传教士发表不敬言论 房角石教会向本地回教社群道歉|trans-title=American preacher makes inflammatory comments; Cornerstone Community Church apologises to local Muslims|date=5 April 2018|first=Yuzhu|last=Wei}} is a Singaporean pastor associated with the charismatic movement. He is the founder of Cornerstone Community Church.
Early life and education
Yang attended Catholic Junior College and was a member of its football team.{{cite news|title=
CJC fancied to score a hattrick|date=26 May 1977|page=23|newspaper=New Nation|first=Philip|last=Tan}}
Career
Yang founded Cornerstone Community Church in 1995. In April 2018, he publicly apologised to the Muslim community in Singapore,{{cite news|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sporean-pastor-apologises-anti-islamic-remarks-made-american-preacher|date=4 April 2018|title=S'porean pastor apologises for anti-Islamic remarks made by American preacher|newspaper=Today}} following reports that Lou Engle—a guest speaker at the Kingdom Invasion Conference organised by Cornerstone—had called Christians to "raise up the church all over Spain to push back a new modern Muslim movement".{{cite news|newspaper=The Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/religious-communities-praised-for-response-to-preachers-anti-muslim|date=5 April 2018|first=Cheryl|last=Tee|title=National Council of Churches Singapore praises response to preacher's anti-Muslim statements}} Yang is the chairman of the Alliance of Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches of Singapore (APCCS).{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/not-a-reflection-of-christian-values-spore-church-leaders-shocked-by-case-of-teen|title=S'pore church leaders shocked by case of teen who planned mosque attacks|date=27 January 2021|first=Justin|last=Ong|newspaper=The Straits Times}}
Personal views
In an August 1991 letter to The Straits Times, Yang opined that there was a "direct link between sex and violence on the screen and criminal behaviour."{{cite news|title='R' movies are not the only motivation for crime|date=13 August 1991|page=30|newspaper=The Straits Times|first=Jasmine|last=Teo}}
In December 2017, following President Donald Trump's announcement that the American embassy in Israel would be relocated to Jerusalem, Yang referred to the city as the "indivisible capital of Israel and that is really non-negotiable", but added that he would "never advocate violence in any meaure or form as the solution to the current situation in Israel."{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/us-move-to-recognise-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-draws-mixed-reactions-in-singapore|title=US move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital draws mixed reactions in S'pore|last1=Sin|first1=Yuen|last2=Sim|first2=Royston|date=13 December 2017|newspaper=The Straits Times}}
In January 2013, Yang urged Christians in Singapore to "make known their views" that they did not want Section 377A of the Penal Code—a law that criminalised sex between men—to be repealed.{{cite news|title=AGC intervenes in 377A debate|date=23 January 2013|page=6|newspaper=Today|first=Amir|last=Hussain}} He also wrote on Cornerstone's Website: "Be ready for a sharp polarising of our society over the gay and lesbian issue. And when that happens, you better make sure you know which side you are on."{{cite news|title=
Debate over Section 377A intensifies|date=22 January 2013|newspaper=Today|first1=Jing Yng|last1=Ng|first2=Ai Ping|last2=Then|page=10}} However, after the Attorney-General's Chambers cautioned members of the public not to make "comments on these matters that are sub judice", Yang remarked that "whatever (the Attorney-General's Chambers) says, we will follow to the letter."
The same year, in a sermon titled "The Sin of Sodom", Yang described homosexuality as an "abomination" that was "far more rampant, militant and organised than most of us actually believe it to be."{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4475ld055o|title=Tory candidate linked to pastors accused of homophobia|first=Ione|last=Wells|date=3 June 2024|newspaper=BBC}} He also urged his congregation to "rise up and take a stand".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-47965544|title=Politicians urged to cut ties with 'homophobic' pastor|newspaper=BBC|date=18 April 2019|last=ap Dafydd|first=Aled}} In 2021, Yang rebuked LGBT-affirming churches in Singapore and stressed that "a homosexual Christian is an oxymoron."{{cite news|newspaper=Vice|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/free-community-church-singapore-lgbtq-christianity-religion/|title=In This Singaporean Church, You Can Be Happy and Gay|date=5 January 2021|last=Ko|first=Lyn Cheang}}
In August 2022, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong confirmed that Section 377A would be repealed; Yang called the decision "extremely regrettable" and predicted that it would have a "profound impact on the culture that our children and future generations of Singaporeans will live in."{{cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/section-377a-repeal-gay-sex-marriage-constitution-religious-groups-reactions-2891396|newspaper=CNA|first=Vanessa|last=Lim|title=Religious groups support Government's move to protect definition of marriage in Constitution as it repeals 377A|date=21 August 2022}}