Taiwanese officials are presently ratifying three bills to stand for marriage equality. The first one has been listed already for review and might be passed in a couple of months. Taiwan's first female head of state, President Tsai Ing-wen has the eminent support in terms of same-sex marriage.
Roughly 80 percent of Taiwanese within the age of 20 and 29 approve same-sex marriage, said spokeswoman for the group Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy, Tseng Yen-jung. In a survey conducted by Taiwan's United Daily News, 55 percent of the public approved same-sex marriage compared to the 37 percent who opposed.
Associated Press has seen this as a scenario that Taiwan is ready to consent multi-party democracy as well as inclusive attitudes. Taiwan has 23 million people where the majority are Buddhist and it's a fact that traditional Chinese religions possess no strong position in terms of gay marriage or even sexual orientation.
No matter what, same-sex marriage nevertheless has to prevail over traditional discernment of gender positions and the strong drive on children to wed and have broods. Besides, Taiwan has less openly gay and lesbian celebrities to set as an example. In fact, one of the few exceptions is the writer and TV talk show host, Kevin Tsai.
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker, Yu Mei-nu said, "It's a big step forward for the history of human rights. If Taiwan can get this passed ... it will give other Asian countries a model." Mei-nu is now backing the same-sex marriage bill approved for parliamentary debate.
Taiwan will be one among those countries including the US, Colombia, Ireland, and Canada that legalized same-sex marriage over the past 15 years, according to Brisbane Times.
However, the legalization of same-sex marriage will give Taiwan's welfare system a heavy responsibility and will be difficult on children. This is because once the same-sex spouse dies, the living will depend on government support as several couples, will not have children to support them in elder years.
