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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Taiwan's legislature has held its first official hearings on whether or not
to legalise gay marriage, in a major step towards becoming the first Asian
territory to approve marriage equality.
The [proposed legislation] changes only articles 972, 973 and 980 of the
Civil Code, altering the words from ‘male’ and ‘female’ to gender-
neutral language.
But Hsu Li-ying, from the Judicial Yuan's (Supreme Court) Juvenile and
Family Department, said the new legislation ‘may need to be more
comprehensive’.
Deputy Justice Minister Chen Ming-tang told them that it wasn’t just
the Civil Code that would have to change, but also laws regarding parentage,
taxes or health insurance. That meant that the Justice Ministry couldn’t
do it alone, he said.
Meanwhile Chen Wei-lien, director of the Ministry of Justice's
Department of Legal Affairs, suggested they would invite a scholar
specializing in the Civil Code to look at Taiwanese attitudes to same-sex
marriage early next year.
A poll in September by United Daily News showed 55% approval of gay
marriage laws with only 37% against.
Legislators were forced into taking quick action on the matter by the
Judicial Yuan (Taiwan's constitutional court), which is due to hear the case
of Chen Ching-hsueh and Kao Chih-wei, two men who are seeking legal
recognition of their marriage.
In October, tens of thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets of Taipei for
the city's 10th annual gay pride parade.
http://shanghaiist.com/2013/01/03/taiwan_legislature_moves_clos | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 2 台湾真了不起，都是得益于没有受过土共“文化”的污染。 |
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