Taipei Times
Date: Feb 14, 2018
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Several groups opposed to marriage equality yesterday filed a second appeal with the
Alliance of Taiwan Religious Groups for the Protection of the Family secretary-general Chang Shou-yi, center, speaks on the steps of the Taipei High Administrative Court yesterday as the alliance appealed against the rejection of their administrative litigation regarding the Council of Grand Justices’ decision to confirm marriage equality. Photo: CNA
Taiwan High Administrative Court in a bid to overturn a constitutional interpretation that instructs the government to legalize same-sex marriage.
The groups, led by Alliance of Taiwan Religious Groups for the Protection of the Family secretary-general Chang Shou-yi (張守一), submitted a new petition against same-sex marriage after the court dismissed their first petition on Jan. 10.
“There were numerous illegalities and a clear violation of the law in the process that resulted in the issuance of last year’s Constitutional Interpretation No. 748,” Chang said. “Also, the interpretation and the reasons given by the Council of Grand Justices in its ruling contravene articles of the Constitution.”
“Therefore, we ask the High Administrative Court judges to have the conscience and moral integrity to rule on our appeal through their own independent stance, and not to cave in to political influence and forces of intimidation, and to reach a decision conforming to the freedoms and values of our democratic society,” he said.
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