The China Post
Date: November 29, 2016
By: Sun Hsin Hsuan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — More than 10,000 same-sex marriage advocates held a sit-in outside the Legislature
Marriage equality supporters sit outside the Legislative Yuan on Monday, Nov. 28, as experts and civic group representatives debated inside over whether to pass amendments to the Civil Code. (Sun Hsin Hsuan, The China Post)
on Monday, the day of the last public hearing before a legislative committee proceeds with the second reading of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage.
Supporters waved rainbow flags and held banners reading “no discount on human rights,” and “special treatment is discrimination,” as they staged a peaceful sit-in outside the Legislative Yuan, urging marriage equality.
Inside the Legislative Yuan, experts, civic groups and legislators debated whether the legalization of same-sex marriage would benefit society.
At the core of the debate is whether the protection of same-sex couples’ human rights could go as far as an amendment to the nation’s fundamental law.
Opponents argued that instead of amending the Civil Code, a special partnership act could guarantee same-sex couples spousal rights equivalent to those entitled to heterosexual couples by law. [FULL STORY]
