Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/04
By: Wu Hsin-yun and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) A ruling Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker argued Sunday
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that same-sex marriage should be protected under Taiwan’s Civil Code, while a law professor contended that revising the law will adversely affect society.
Legislator Tuan Yi-kang (段宜康) and Tseng Pin-chieh (曾品傑) of National Chung Cheng University’s College of Law presented opposing views at a televised forum on a planned referendum on same-sex marriage to be held on Nov. 24.
The referendum will ask voters the question: “Do you agree that the Civil Code marriage regulations should be used to guarantee the rights of same sex couples to get married?”
Taiwan’s Civil Code currently defines marriage as a contract between a man and a woman, but Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled in May 2017 that the law was unconstitutional because it did not protect the rights of couples of the same sex who wanted to get married. [FULL STORY]
