OPPOSITION: Another group held a news briefing, urging lawmakers not to force passage of the bill, saying doing so would go against the public will
Taipei Times
Date: May 15, 2019
By: Sherry Hsiao / Staff writer, with CNA
About 1,500 supporters of same-sex marriage gathered outside the Legislative Yuan
Hundreds of LGBT people and their supporters rally in front of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday to urge lawmakers to pass the Executive Yuan’s bill on same-sex marriage. Their placards read: “Not one country, two [marriage] systems.”Photo: CNA
The council on May 24, 2017, ruled that the Civil Code’s prohibition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and set a two-year deadline for the law to be amended to allow marriage between partners of the same sex.
The rally, which was organized by LGBT rights group Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan, was held in support of the Executive Yuan’s version of the bill.
Pegatron Corp (和碩) chairman Tung Tzu-hsien (童子賢), actress Wen Chen-ling (溫貞菱) and director Yee Chih-yen (易智言) were among the celebrities at the rally.
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