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Taiwanese Court Invalidates Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday May 28 2017, @10:54PM   
from the another-step-forward dept.

butthurt writes:

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.

—Taiwan News

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.

—Los Angeles Times

But the debate has prompted a backlash, with mass protests by conservatives in recent months.

—BBC News

Additional coverage:

• The Washington Post
• The Washington Times
• NPR
• CNN
• 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)

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Original Submission

• The last refuge the internet coward.(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @02:29AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @02:29AM (#516975)

  I didn't write anything about dictating how others were "allowed" to love. Your reading comprehension sucks, little boy.

  Ah, the "I didn't literally say that" defense. The last refuge the internet coward.

  Most people are not queer, and most people don't like queers, and you can't change that with any legislation.

  This story literally has nothing to do with legislating people into gayness or making them like gay people.
  Its all about removing a special exception from the law for gay people. Now they get to be treated like everybody else.

  You say you are tired of gay people being getting special treatment? Well then you should have no complaints about this, because now they aren't getting special treatment.

  Parent