Taiwan Could Become First Asian Country to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage

“Opponents of same-sex marriage yesterday vowed to continue their fight and put the issue to a referendum, after a legislative committee gave preliminary approval to Civil Code amendments that would legalise gay marriages,” Shelley Shan of Taipei Times reports. “Both supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage gathered outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei early in the morning as the Organic Laws and Statutes Committee reviewed proposed amendments to the Civil Code.”