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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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- The New York Times
- Reuters
- Reuters (on reaction in PRC)
- Voice of America (U.S. government)
- The Sydney Morning Herald (opinion)
- Taiwan News (on media reaction)
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @01:11AM
The society is not interested in same-sex parents raising children. A kid needs parents of both genders. We know that because too many children are raised by single moms, and that ain't perfect.
Thanks for the confirmation of my original assertion that single-gender couples are not contributing to the growth of the society.
They did their part of the social contract, and the society fulfilled its obligations as well.