Taipei Times
Date: Oct 27, 2015
By: Abraham Gerber  /  Staff reporter

Major party candidates should take a clear position on marriage equality, legislative

Protesters hold placards and chant slogans outside the Legislative Yuan yesterday, urging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people across the nation to wield the power of their votes to influence politics. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

candidates from the Green-Social Democratic Party Alliance (Green-SDP Alliance) said yesterday.

“Gay voters have been deceived by politicians for too long, so we hope all presidential and legislative candidates can show sincerity and stop throwing curveballs to voters,” Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Miao Bo-ya (苗博雅) said.

“Be brave enough to tell the public what you really think in your heart and whether you support marriage equality. Only then will people have a clear basis for casting their ballots,” Miao said, criticizing the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party for failing to state whether they would support legalizing same-sex marriage if they achieved a legislative majority.     [FULL  STORY]