NON-COMMITTAL:Neither major party has made any commitment to push for or allow a floor vote on same-sex marriage, despite claims of support by legislators
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 27, 2016
By: Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter
Legislative Yuan caucus representatives yesterday declined to provide guarantees of a
Representatives from different advocacy groups yesterday hold a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei to call for the legalization of same-sex marriage. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
final, general-assembly vote on rules allowing same-sex “marriage,” advocacy groups said yesterday, as related bills proposed by lawmakers across party lines head to the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee for an initial review.
Representatives of the Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association, Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy Association, Pridewatch Taiwan and the Awakening Foundation met separately with representatives of each of the legislature’s four caucuses.
While the New Power Party and the People First Party both pledged support, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus representatives were sympathetic, but noncommittal, Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association research associate Lu Hsin-chieh (呂欣潔) said, adding that meetings with homosexual advocates were delegated to DPP Legislator Lin Ching-yi (林靜儀) and KMT Legislator Jason Hsu (許毓仁), who have both sponsored legalization bills. [FULL STORY]
