As the first country in Asia in Taiwan, the marriage for all. The Parliament follows a ruling by the constitutional court, and the same thus same-sex relationships legally married couples.
the first Asian country to Taiwan, the marriage for homosexuals. The Parliament in Taipei voted for a law. It provides that couples may initially enter into a “permanent and exclusive Covenant,” and later, the registration of a marriage request. Thus, same-sex marriages are about taxes, insurance and the custody of children of other marriages should be equal in law.
Conservative politicians had tried in the past few months, to prevent the Reform. They sought to treat same-sex partnerships legally separately.
judgment of 2017
The constitutional court of the island state had made in may 2017, a judgment in favor of same-sex marriages and the government a deadline of two years set to the appropriate law changes.
The acceptance of gay and lesbian partnerships in Taiwan began in the 1990s when the now ruling progress party took the issue to Taiwan to propagate in Asia as an open society. Today, the country is a democracy with a vibrant civil society.
Outside the Taiwanese Parliament building demonstrated in people for the same-sex marriage.