Decision on same-sex marriage bill on hold amid disputeTAIPEI, Taiwan -- A bill that would make Taiwan the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage is rolling through the legislative system, but the push to approve necessary proposals has become mired in dispute and amendments will likely have to wait until next April at the earliest to be finalized. The debate surrounding same-sex marriage has recently boiled down to the question of how to make it happen. Yu said lawmakers still have the chance offer up new versions of the bill before the scheduled review date — pointing to calls for formulating a special act to legalize same-sex marriage rather than revising the Civil Code. Around 10,000 protesters gathered along Qingdao East Road that day as a public hearing on the bill was underway. According to the Central News Agency (CNA), top DPP lawmaker Ker Chien-ming argued against labelling special acts as discriminatory.

Source: The China Post November 29, 2016 16:30 UTC