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Rainbow after legalizing same sex marriage 🌈🌈🌈
May 17, 2019 Today in Taiwan it rained really heavy and it seemed like it wouldn’t stop. But after the legislation for same sex marriage was passed at 3:27 PM the sky cleared and rainbows were in the sky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Love Wins ; )
Taiwan Becomes First Country In Asia to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
In a vote on Friday, May 17, Taiwan parliament legalized same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in Asia to do so.
This is only a week before the Parliament was to hit the deadline of May 24 set in 2017 after the constitutional court ruled that same-sex couple had the right to legally marry.
Following years of campaigning by LGBT+ groups for equal marriage rights, hundreds swarmed the parliament building on Friday as the debate was held. Three bills were debated but last-minute attempts by conservatives to pass a watered-down “civil union” laws with not adoption rights were rejected.
In the end, the most progressive one was chosen which allowed couples to form “exclusive permanent unions” and apply for “marriage registrations.” However, this bill was not perfect, as it provides only limited adoption rights and draws some distinctions between heterosexual marriage, such as the inability to marry a foreigner if same-sex marriage is not legal in their country. Yet this is still be hailed by LGBTQ+ advocate as a momentous victory.
This landmark ruling will be implemented on May 24th and is bound to spread hope in Asia’s growing LGBT+ movements.