Gay rights campaigners want the existing marriage law to be amended and have said separate regulations would make them second-class citizens. It ruled that the change should be implemented in two years but did not specify how it wanted gay marriage to be brought in. President Tsai Ing-wen had championed gay marriage before she was elected but has since said there needs to be more consensus in society. Gay rights activists had proposed that the Civil Code should give same-sex couples equal marriage rights, but only garnered three million votes. We have to revise a law other than the Civil Code, which is (to enact) a separate law,” cabinet spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka told reporters, quoting the premier.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 30, 2018 09:45 UTC