Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage in
historic first for Asia
What is one thing common among Canada,
Brazil, France, Sweden, South Africa, New Zealand, and Taiwan? In all these
countries, same-sex marriage is recognized and legalized.
In Taiwan, a bill to legalize same-sex
marriage became effective yesterday, two years after the Constitutional Court ruled
that the law that limited the marriage only between a man and a woman was
unconstitutional. Taiwan is the first to legalize same-sex marriage in Asia. In
mainland China, where the same traditions and values exist, homosexuality is
not illegal, but such practice could get discriminated. In Brunei, gay sex carries a death penalty by stoning, though the penalty may not be executed because of the
criticism from the world.
Even in Taiwan, about two-thirds of the voters
at last year’s national referendum were against same-sex marriage. For the LGBT
community in Taiwan, it is just a new start to be free from social discrimination
Enjoy reading the article and think how much
part of the article’s table map will be blue a decade from now.
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