Taiwan's nod to same-sex marriagesAP/Chiang Ying-ying Su, left, and her partner Lana Yu hold their babies during an exclusive interview. Same-sex marriage also has the prominent support of President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female head of state. READ MORE:* Same-sex marriage vote blocked in Australia* I got same-sex married, and now can't get divorced* Aussie couple elope to NZ* Australia's Pauline Hanson talks same-sex marriageTaiwan's United Daily News found in a survey taken four years ago that 55 percent of the public supported same-sex marriage, with 37 percent opposed. Taiwan's Justice Ministry has not backed a specific bill, but pledged on its website last month to maintain an ``attitude of openness" toward same-sex marriage. Still, as legalisation grows closer, opposition to same-sex marriage is hardening among a small minority of fundamentalist churches and conservative politicians.

Source: Stuff November 10, 2016 09:22 UTC