Taipei Times
Date: May 25, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Religious groups and members of civic organizations advocating “traditional family

People yesterday protest in front of the Judicial Yuan in Taipei after the Council of Grand Justices declared that the denial of same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. Photo: Liu Hsin-te, Taipei Times

values” yesterday rallied outside the Judicial Yuan in Taipei, a rally that became a protest after the Council of Grand Justices in the afternoon issued a constitutional interpretation in favor of the legalization of same-sex marriage.

The protesters included members of the Happiness of the Next Generation Alliance, the Association for Taiwan Social Stability, the Alliance of Religious Groups for the Love of Families Taiwan and other groups that have vehemently opposed marriage equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

At the initially boisterous rally, demonstrators accompanied their chants with drums and other musical instruments, while many people held up banners or placards with slogans such as “We do not welcome same-sex marriage in Taiwan,” “Defend the traditional family,” “The judicial process is unfair” and “Justice is dead and buried.”
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