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Taiwan's Council of Grand Justices (大法官) ruled that the current civil law banning same sex marriage is unconstitutional and that the legislature has two years to either amend the law or create a new law.
Legislation enforcing the court's ruling is already working its way through the legislature, where both the ruling and major opposition parties support legalisation as do a majority of Taiwanese people and President Tsai Ing-wen.
—news.com.au (News Corp)
A large percentage of the public in Taiwan has accepted the idea of same-sex marriage because leaders have elevated liberal social causes to show the island's democratic credentials in the face of China, a political rival that restricts free speech and association.
But the debate has prompted a backlash, with mass protests by conservatives in recent months.
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- Taiwan News (on media reaction)
(Score: 5, Touché) by julian on Sunday May 28 2017, @11:21PM (6 children)
We are conservatives, we believe in small government, and to that end we will be micromanaging your sex and romantic life.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 28 2017, @11:31PM
If there ever was an oxymoron. That would be it ;-)
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 28 2017, @11:45PM (4 children)
FTFY
(Score: 3, Informative) by julian on Monday May 29 2017, @01:43AM (3 children)
In the US at least that's true. They have no ideas, no principles, no ideology, other than making "liberals" unhappy. Unfortunately liberals want a lot of good things, so to frustrate us means moving all of society backwards. They're totally willing to do that, because conservatism is simply nihilism and a longing for a return to feudalism. They pine to be slavers, and lords of serfs. Their vision must be stopped, they want us to return to 14th century England but with iPhones.
(Score: 2) by a-zA-Z0-9$_.+!*'(),- on Monday May 29 2017, @02:09AM (1 child)
Who are these liberals, with love in their hearts, being persecuted by such evil men? I have not met them, nor yet heard of their good deeds in all of my years.
https://newrepublic.com/article/114112/anonymouth-linguistic-tool-might-have-helped-jk-rowling
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @03:01AM
That's because the good deeds are constantly blocked. Socialized healthcare? Evil commie bastard! Same sex marriage? Evil Satan worshipper! Higher taxes for the rich to decrease wealth inequality? Die in a fire.
Just because you can't comprehend that these are very important issues, and that supporters of these issues are good people trying to make the world a better place is sadly our problem. We try to educate, and I don't know enough about you, but many others on this site truly do want to keep us all in a medieval world. They don't understand this, but that is the situation.
There are plenty of names to pick from, I presume you're just making a poorly formed argument.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @02:32AM
And if they get their wish most of them are gonna be the serfs.