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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @12:00AM (5 children)
Yep, because we only have limited resources! Therefore, we need to spend all our resources on persecuting gays!
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @12:14AM (1 child)
Yep, the resources are limited in fact. Welcome to the real life.
??? Once again, you millenials are morons.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @03:04AM
Go bury yourself old man, you're only useful as fertilizer at this point.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @12:55AM (2 children)
There is a world of difference between persecuting and not granting a benefit for which the applicants do not qualify.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @03:06AM (1 child)
Why does the gov give handouts for marriage again?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @03:11AM
To encourage the production of crotchspawn to be deployed as soldiers in Asia and Africa?